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September 23, 2025

The Drive to Play

A hippo in a zoo enclosure, eyeing a beach ball.

Boring people don't play. Except it's actually worse than that. In fact, play appears to be as fundamental a drive as, well, sex.

And we don't fully understand why. But animals play...horses in a field challenge each other to a game of "Last one to that tree is a donkey." Kittens pounce on springs. Humans sit around boards for hours.

So, how about we explore play a little more...

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