Game

Recast the situation as strategic play: name the players, the moves each can make, and what each one gets paid off in. This surfaces verbs the object framing hides, like changing the rules, or leaving for a game with better payoffs.

Recast the situation as strategic play: name the players, the moves each can make, and what each one gets paid off in. This surfaces verbs the object framing hides, like changing the rules, or leaving for a game with better payoffs.

Example

Purpose as a game: players are you, your employer, your spouse, and the market. Your employer pays you for reliability, not meaning. Suddenly the move is not "search harder" but "stop competing in a game whose top prize is a title you don't want."