Surprised I don’t see any comments on “open” versus closed” games. A closed game is a puzzle with a definitive end and win condition. A closed game is a game of

Surprised I don’t see any comments on “open” versus closed” games. A closed game is a puzzle with a definitive end and win condition. A closed game is a game of baseball. An open game is a career in baseball. In my book, How to Open Source, and this conf talk I gave https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UQMH6p-Mw&list=PL9oQ7yETvN13V5Xp7016XupVLg3WqiMtx&index=8&pp=iAQB https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UQMH6p-Mw&list=PL9oQ7yETvN13... navigating the two is a huge part of open source contribution (converting unbound seemingly impossible tasks into achievable puzzles, and reframing a setback or loss as part of a larger contribution career). I’m with the author in that when I play board games with friends my game is to keep the friendship going, to keep the games coming.