# C. Thi Nguyen

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Podcast: [Design Matters with Debbie Millman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-matters-with-debbie-millman-415306)
Published: 2026-02-23T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4264

## Resource

C. Thi Nguyen—philosopher, professor, and author of Games: Agency as Art —joins to discuss his new book, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game , and how metrics, from grades to likes, quietly reshape what we value and who we become. Together, they explore games as “libraries of agency,” the allure of scoring systems, and the vital question: Is this the game you really want to be playing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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