Catherine Price's 2021 book arguing that genuine fun — playfulness, connection, flow — is essential to wellbeing and distinct from the passive entertainment and digital consumption that substitutes for it in modern life.
Distinguishes true fun (the intersection of playfulness, connection, and flow — producing genuine aliveness) from fake fun (passive consumption that temporarily distracts from boredom without producing genuine wellbeing) — making fun a researchable and pursuable quality rather than a vague concept.
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