Life is a game.
There are too many choices, too many levels — it has to be a game. And in a game, failure isn't the end; it's just input. It's how you learn where you’re heading (or where you shouldn’t be heading).
We need to fail fast — to figure out the map quicker.
We need to fail smart — to learn the mechanics better.
And sometimes, we need to burn the bridges behind us and keep moving.
Okay fine, maybe that was a tad dramatic.
But you get what I mean.
In the second part of my interview with Abhishek, we dove deeper into this idea of control, rules, and simulation.
I realized I was so fixated on the restrictions of rules that I didn’t see the other side: without rules, there’s nothing to break. No boundaries to push. No structures to reinvent.
To be truly liberated, you first have to know what it feels like to be restricted.
Games throw you into these exact dilemmas — where the only way to win is to use the very rules as tools.
And isn’t law exactly like that too?
One of my favorite moments from the conversation was when we compared life’s challenges to a game of Snakes and Ladders. It sounds extreme, but honestly, it made too much sense.
When you listen to the full interview, I want you to tell me:
When was the last time you felt you were inside a simulation?
And when did a game feel a little too real?
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