I see life as one big chess game.
How so?
It’s all about getting control.
Explain.
Well, it’s about learning to be careful…
and planning ahead…
and anticipating threats…
and defending what’s yours…
and exploiting the other guy’s weaknesses…
so you can make all the right moves…
and get control of the board.
Which is the whole point of the game.
Control of the board.
Exactly.
And that’s the goal of life.
Controlling the board.
Of course.
I see. And then what?
What do you mean?
When you get control of the board,
what then?
Well, you win the game.
And then what?
The game’s over.
And then?
Then nothing. Game over.
Oh.
Why? What are you thinking?
Just that the goal of all that controlling
is…nothing.
What do you mean?
Getting control doesn’t really leave you
with anything. In the end, I mean.
I don’t follow.
No matter how skillfully you play,
whether you control the board or not,
whether you “win” or “lose,”
the game ends. For both players.
Well, yeah. I guess so.
So then I guess I agree with you.
About what?
When it comes to chasing control…
…life’s exactly like chess.
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