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Life combines an external game with an internal one
Life combines an external game with an internal one
Weaver argues that people simultaneously pursue visible external outcomes and an internal relationship with themselves, and that the internal game is central to fulfillment.
- Speaker
- Graham Weaver
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- 7:32
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