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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
1. People’s Protective Bubbles Are Okay
2. How to Make Friends in a New City
3. The Uniqlo Game
4. Going to the Gym
5. How to Be Good at Playing Charades
6. Don’t Pretend There Is No Leader
7. The Chairs Are Where the People Go
8. How to Teach Charades
9. Miscommunication Is Nice
10. The Gibberish Game
11. The Residents’ Association
12. There Are Some Games I Won’t Play with My Friends
13. Social Music
14. Manners
15. How to Improvise, and How Not to Not Improvise
16. The Crazy Parts
17. Charging for My Classes
18. What Is a Game?
19. Spam
20. Margaux
21. Charades Homework
22. Harvard and Class
23. The Rocks Game
24. Some Video on the Internet
25. People Who Take My Classes
26. Shut Up and Listen
27. Is Monogamy a Trick?
28. The Conducting Game
29. Sitting on the Same Side of the Table
30. Seeing My Friends Drunk for the First Time
31. A Decision Is a Thing You Make
32. All the Games Are Meant to Solve Problems, but Problems Are Unpleasant
33. Home Maladies
34. Keeping Away People Who Would Be Disappointed
35. The Happiness Class
36. The Converge / Diverge Game
37. Going to Parties
38. Kensington Market
39. Keeping People Quiet
40. Feeling Like a Fraud
41. Negotiation
42. Fighting Games
43. What Experimental Music Is For
44. These Projects Don’t Make Money
45. Seeing Your Parents Once a Week
46. Asking a Good Question
47. A Mind Is Not a Terrible Thing to Measure
48. Doing One Thing Doesn’t Mean You’re Against Something Else
49. Get Louder or Quit
50. Why Robert McKee Is Wrong About Casablanca
51. Conferences Should Be an Exhilarating Experience
52. Improvised Behavior
53. Storytelling Is Not the Same Thing as Conversation
54. Introducing People in the Classes
55. Making the City More Fun for You and Your Privileged Friends Isn’t a Super-Noble Political Goal
56. Seeing John Zorn Play Cobra
57. Impostor Syndrome
58. Nimbyism
59. Conducting from the Center of a Circle
60. Why Noise Music?
61. Absenteeism
62. Failure and Games
63. Why a Computer Only Lasts Three Years
64. What Are These Classes For?
65. Who Are Your Friends?
66. Neighborhoods Change
67. Atheism and Ritual
68. Social Capital
69. Sitting Down and Listening as a Role
70. Everyone’s Favorite Thing and Unfavorite Thing Are Different
71. Finding an Ending
72. Wearing a Suit All the Time Is a Good Way to Quit Smoking
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Copyright
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