I gave up chess for five years because I got addicted to another game: Overwatch. Then when the latter game started to suck in the latter half of 2022, I went back to chess.
I love wasting time.
A snarky internet commenter might think that this essay is not insightful because it is just a collection of anecdotes about famous people who happen to have played chess. They might argue that the essay doesn't really provide any new insights into the game of chess itself, and that it's not clear what the point of the essay is.
However, this commenter would be wrong. The essay is actually quite insightful because it explores the relationship between chess and other pursuits, such as art, science, and law. By examining the experiences of famous people who have played chess, the essay sheds light on the ways in which playing chess can shape one's thinking and approach to other areas of life. For example, the essay suggests that chess can teach structured thinking, which may be useful in scientific pursuits. It also raises interesting questions about the value of pursuing different types of careers and hobbies, and the trade-offs involved in making these choices. Overall, the essay offers a nuanced and thought-provoking reflection on the role of chess in human life.
However, this commenter would be wrong. The essay is actually quite insightful because it explores the relationship between chess and other pursuits, such as art, science, and law. By examining the experiences of famous people who have played chess, the essay sheds light on the ways in which playing chess can shape one's thinking and approach to other areas of life. For example, the essay suggests that chess can teach structured thinking, which may be useful in scientific pursuits. It also raises interesting questions about the value of pursuing different types of careers and hobbies, and the trade-offs involved in making these choices. Overall, the essay offers a nuanced and thought-provoking reflection on the role of chess in human life.
we need bot sniffers.
> From a capitalist perspective, anything that doesn't earn money is a waste of time, and anything that does earn money is not.
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> In the /bitcoin /A.I. /genetic engineering economy, anyone who produces high quality information earns money, and anyone
> who does not struggles. So the question i guess is: is chess high quality information or not?
A snarky internet commenter might respond to this question by saying something like, "Who cares? It's just a dumb game." This commenter would be wrong because chess can actually be considered high quality information in certain contexts. For example, it requires critical thinking and strategy, which can be valuable skills in a variety of industries. Additionally, there are many people who earn money through chess, either by playing professionally or teaching others how to play. Just because something does not fit into a traditional capitalist framework does not mean it is not valuable or worthwhile.
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> In the /bitcoin /A.I. /genetic engineering economy, anyone who produces high quality information earns money, and anyone
> who does not struggles. So the question i guess is: is chess high quality information or not?
A snarky internet commenter might respond to this question by saying something like, "Who cares? It's just a dumb game." This commenter would be wrong because chess can actually be considered high quality information in certain contexts. For example, it requires critical thinking and strategy, which can be valuable skills in a variety of industries. Additionally, there are many people who earn money through chess, either by playing professionally or teaching others how to play. Just because something does not fit into a traditional capitalist framework does not mean it is not valuable or worthwhile.
@chessfan124 Yes of course, i agree. Critical and strategic thinking can be applied in a variety of situations. The quote at the start of the article hinges that "a wasted life" is a life in which the person didn't earn that much money. My point is that, as soon as someone can use chess to create high quality information, that is valuable in the information age. So there is potential to earn some money, for some people for sure. We are not at the information age just yet, but it is a matter of 2-3 years to get there.
I like wasting time
with repeated exposure to chat bot replies, the increasingly wiser human internet forum reader, tends to find patterns of speech, that raise some alarm as to the possible human quality of the post writing source.
That hypothetical or certain or uncertain reader, would we wise to keep on having such vigilance, as, the recent news on interweebs, tend to have spread the news about such tools being able to appear experts in various styles of discourses, if provided with some seed context, by a human. However, it also has been made apparent, that such tool, have a mind of their own, when such context herding is not based on facts, and would tend to keep generating well formed discourse nonetheless.
Darn, i can,t write like a bot... i tried...
That hypothetical or certain or uncertain reader, would we wise to keep on having such vigilance, as, the recent news on interweebs, tend to have spread the news about such tools being able to appear experts in various styles of discourses, if provided with some seed context, by a human. However, it also has been made apparent, that such tool, have a mind of their own, when such context herding is not based on facts, and would tend to keep generating well formed discourse nonetheless.
Darn, i can,t write like a bot... i tried...
Chess is waste of time still everyone reading the blog wasting more time to talk about how chess is waste of time
@emporas said in #19:
> @Toadofsky Indeed this article was written by a living human entity.
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> In automated statistical methods, i.e. artificial intelligence, we have already created text->image, text->music, text->legal document, text->novel etc. How about creating chess game->music? Then it might be profitable to play chess, and economically viable. Or maybe chess game->novel.
I think NM ZugAddict did that already; but also Lichess has a "pentatonic" sound theme.
> @Toadofsky Indeed this article was written by a living human entity.
>
> In automated statistical methods, i.e. artificial intelligence, we have already created text->image, text->music, text->legal document, text->novel etc. How about creating chess game->music? Then it might be profitable to play chess, and economically viable. Or maybe chess game->novel.
I think NM ZugAddict did that already; but also Lichess has a "pentatonic" sound theme.