everything’s a game… even baptisms

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<p>From language learning to investments to Amazon leaderboards, it seems like everything has become a game. But are these gamified things actually fun, or are we the ones being played? Dexter talks to philosopher C. Thi Nguyen, who recently wrote a book about why gamification can suck the life out of things called <em>The Score</em>. They talk about why the same mechanism in games and gamified metrics &ndash; the scoring system &ndash; works so differently, why gamification can trick you into caring about the wrong thing, and how this phenomenon hits everything&hellip; even baptisms.</p> <p>Got something you&rsquo;re curious about? Hit us up <a href="mailto:killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc">killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc</a>, or @killswitchpod, or @dexdigi on IG or Bluesky.</p> <p>Read:</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1">C. Thi Nguyen&rsquo;s book, <em>The Score</em>: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735252/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen/">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735252/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen/</a></li> </ul><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>