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#171 - C. Thi Nguyen - How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
21 October 2026

#171 - C. Thi Nguyen - How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

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Are you playing your own game, or someone else’s?

Thomas Bråttum in conversation with the American philosopher C. Thi Nguyen about how modern scoring systems, metrics, and gamification shape our desires and warp our personal values.

The conversation is based on the book Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game.



00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Are You Playing the Wrong Game?

05:00 -Who Decides What Success Means?

10:00 - Can We Really Trust the Numbers?

18:00 - When the Score Takes Over

30:00 - Have You Outsourced Your Values?

37:20 - Why Games Set Us Free

42:00 - What If Winning Isn’t the Point?

49:50 - Who Gets to Choose Your Game?