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  1. C. Thi Nguyen Explains Our Gamified World in His New Book ...

    1 day ago · In a new book, C. Thi Nguyen looks to his personal passions — from video games to yo-yoing — to illuminate the downside of our increasingly gamified world.

  2. In ‘The Score,’ C. Thi Nguyen argues for living playfully ...

    5 days ago · A philosopher’s case for living playfully without keeping score In his new book, C. Thi Nguyen praises activities that liberate us and criticizes the grades and rankings that constrain us

  3. The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game - C. Thi ...

    1 day ago · In The Score, philosopher C. Thi Nguyen shows us how this newly ‘gamified’ world has fundamentally captured our value systems, turning what might be moral or personal life …

  4. The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

    So argues the brilliant and wildly original philosopher C. Thi Nguyen in his new book, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game. This subtitle, with its whiff of self-help and …

  5. The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about ...

    Jan 6, 2026 · The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly …

  6. Keeping Score Makes Games Fun and Life Worse, C. Thi Nguyen's ...

    4 days ago · In The Score, Nguyen picks up that thread through chapter-alternating narratives that combine an enthusiast’s celebration of games’ inner workings (think Dungeons & Dragons …

  7. How to understand this hidden driver of the modern world | Vox

    4 days ago · C. Thi Nguyen is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Utah, and a specialist in the philosophy of games, the philosophy of technology, and the theory of value.