A female friend commented about how girls stop playing with dolls when they grow up, while men keep playing with toy soldiers. There’s a certain truth to this. But its import depends on how we understand “play”.
Play is a way of experiencing something without experiencing it in its entirety. It is a vicarious but formative experience that allows the player to enter into something they would otherwise be unable to. It is vital to life, as without it we cannot conceive of different future…
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