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The world has become a game in which everyone loses, or at least feels as if they are losing.
Their wordsSo when exactly did the world turn into a game in which everyone loses, or at least feels as if they're losing?
Their wordsIn fact, it's even worse than losing. None of our struggles have decisive outcomes: wars are not won, election results are endlessly disputed.
Their wordsIf we can simply look away from the scoreboard for a minute and focus on the rules of play, we'll discover that while we were so worked up about righteously defeating the other side, those rules changed unrecognizably.
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