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Mar 2023
34m 11s

Is Investing a Game?

The Motley Fool
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In everyday life, your value system is complicated and rich. Games make that system simple, and you know exactly how well you’ve done.  C. Thi Nguyen is a philosophy professor at University of Utah and author of the book Games: Agency As Art. Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner caught up with Nguyen to discuss:  - The bright and dark sides of gamification  ... Show More
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