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Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
In Episode 34, The Occupational Philosophers explore the topic of play and ponder the crucial question “Why does any game of Monopoly always end in a fist fight?
In this episode, they discuss:
- What happens to our brains when we play?
- Why unstructured play is key to our development as children (and adults!)
- How play improves our cognitive skills so we can problem solve, create and learn more effectively
- Who said ‘play is the highest form of research’?
- How play enables us to produce our best work in whatever form that takes
- How there is an actual national institute of play (true fact)
- Why playing like a cat is at the heart of art and creativity
As always, there are original thought experiments and this time they ask:
- To play or to play?
We hope you enjoy the episode as much as The Occupational Philosophers enjoyed making it.
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