If Life Is a Game, How Come I'm Not Having Fun?: A Guide to Life's Challenges - Paperback

by Paul Brenner (Author)

Advocates applying a spirit of play to everyday life.

In this lively and enlightening book, Paul Brenner suggests that treating life's events and everyday activities as a game would lead to a more socially functional and effective society. Through compelling suggestions and dynamic anecdotes, he conceptualizes all our economic, political, social, and spiritual pursuits in terms of role-play, and demonstrates the contribution this perspective can make to the happiness of individuals and to the systemic welfare of an increasingly complex social order.

Author Biography

Paul Brenner is an analyst at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. An economist, he holds a BA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an MBA from Rutgers University, and an MS in Policy and Management from the University of Oregon. He is the author of the novel Dear Brotherhood: A Fantasy under the pseudonym Alex Voyd.