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Finding my infinite game

Reflecting on the Game I’ve been thinking about what makes a problem worth spending a decade on. James Carse put it well: “A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” In Silicon Valley, the power law drives outsized returns from a small number of winners. But this often incentivizes chasing what’s hot rather than building toward a differentiated view of the future. As Peter Thiel puts it, competition is for losers. The infinite games worth playing require choosing a problem you would burn the midnight oil to solve and are…

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