Why are games consisting of knowledge tests so popular? In 2004 it was calculated that Trivial Pursuit had sold around 88 million copies worldwide, and game shows like Jeopardy and the 64000 dollar question have become international hits. At their core, these games are surprisingly simple. They are about what you know, about if you… Fortsätt läsa Games and knowledge (The Structure of Human Knowledge as Game II)
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Towards a glass bead game (The Structure of Human Knowledge as Game I)
Herman Hesse’s glass bead game is an intriguing intellectual thought experiment. He describes it in detail in his eponymous last novel: "Under the shifting hegemony of now this, now that science or art, the Game of games had developed into a kind of universal language through which the players could express values and set these… Fortsätt läsa Towards a glass bead game (The Structure of Human Knowledge as Game I)