Sunday, June 20, 2021

Non-participation Trophy

Imagine that you’re asked to play a game, and as you play, you keep losing. You learn the rules better, and keep playing. You still lose. Eventually you find out that there are a hidden set of rules that are set up to make sure you never win.

Would you continue to play? Would you call it unfair and find something else to do? Would you cheat to try and win anyway? Would you team up with the winner, to gain whatever amount they decided to share? Would you find the hidden rulebook and start to change it, so the game made sense?

If you tried to change the rulebook and couldn’t… would you still choose to participate?