# Thi Nguyen

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Ep 240 - The Score by Thi Nguyen

Keywords weather, play, philosophy, achievement, agency, creativity, metrics, education, value capture, qualitative assessment Summary In this conversation, Lewis and Wem explore various themes surrounding play, philosophy, and the impact of metrics on society. They discuss the importance of pl…

1133: The Philosophy of Scores: How to Measure What Truly Matters and Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game with C. Thi Nguyen

Thi Nguyen draws on the philosophy of games to explain how scores and metrics impact our lives—and what we can do to use them more meaningfully.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How metrics can coopt our values and behavior 2) The hidden costs of the desire to quantify everything 3) Why the wrong people ofte…

634. Gaming Life: The Philosophy of Play and Metrics with C. Thi Nguyen

When the concept of ‘gamifying life’ comes up, scoring is transparent and portable but strips nuance, creating a gap between what’s measurable and what matters. When codifying everything through metrics, massive amounts of nuance is lost, so how can we utilize game theory without reducing everythin…

Scoring systems, games, and value capture, with Thi Nguyen and Scott Black

How can scoring systems make games feel so joyful, fluid, and alive, yet drain the life from public institutions and everyday work? This is one of the central questions of a new book by University of Utah philosopher C. Thi Nguyen. In The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game, published t…

Deep Cut: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

Deep Cut pulls from our bonus episode archive to unearth previous ideas that remain relevant today. What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literatur…

Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literature on sexual abuse in Tibetan Buddhist contexts.  This is a deep, tangled dive. Content warnings appl…

How war is changing Iran, Flower power, China on the world stage, Measuring everything

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Yeganeh Torbati, The New York Times' Iran correspondent, about how sentiment in Iran has changed over the course of the war in the Middle East. Then, Iranian-Canadian author and activist Marina Nemat discusses how diaspora communities view the country's future. …

Promotional Campaigns: Traditional vs. Digital Media

In this episode, we discuss how promotional campaigns in the music industry have evolved from traditional media to digital media. Together with music marketing professional Thi Nguyen, we talk about the changing role of radio, television, live events, TikTok, streaming platforms, and social media …

Book club bonus show: Interview with Thi Nguyen

Matt and council are both on vacation this week, so please enjoy this interview with book club book author Thi Nguyen.

Authors in August: Thi Nguyen’s “The Score”

Authors in August is back! It’s our 9th year featuring authors of books that David loves and thinks you’ll love too. So for the third time, philosopher and game scholar Thi Nguyen joins back with Rule Breaker Investing—and this time the conversation reaches far beyond games. What happens when the…