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Ciertamente, parece que, desde hace algunas generaciones, los niños juegan menos que los de antaño, cuando además se jugaba en la calle

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Hola, gracias por tu artículo que expresa algo que debemos reconocer urgentemente no sólo para vivir mejor sino para sobrevivir. Copio aquí parte de un artículo que escribí hace unos años y que también se plantea la cuestión del juego, de jugar. No lo he traducido al español. Dime lo que piensas si tienes tiempo.

"So, to summarise, we have two kids running in the school yard. They aim at catching a loose ball that has been released and lies there in the distance, on the grass, attractive because it will again spur movement, excitement, and the free, self-developmental expense of energy.

The two children vie for the ball. One gets to it first.

What is achieved by one doing so faster than the other?

Is it a feeling of superiority perhaps, of victory, achievement, pride, the ability to show off to others, a personal satisfaction reached on handling something someone else could have had but ‘I got first’? Is it the possibility to possess, to hold the lever of control, the power to choose the next action, to start again the race or to conclude the game?

All these assumptions would be true within the current comparative/competitive construct towards which humanity seems so inclined, but are they the principal constituents of activity and growth?

Or is the actual achievement just a rising to the occasion within the freedom of play and companionship, fun, always alert to the movement of others, always dependent on their reactions, aware of the balance that relationship and cooperation weigh on the setting itself, and ever conscious of the tie between the two, three, four or many more that make up the game that really matters?

It is the game and the other player that matter. Without the game, without the participation of the other child, the energy is diminished, the purpose is confused, the game loses significance, it is no longer game.

But aside from these psychological repercussions, the personality-building factors that ensue competition itself, what is achieved through competition, through comparison?"

Saludos,

Enrique

El texto completo aquí:

https://eme1998.substack.com/p/against-competition?open=false#%C2%A7the-contest

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