Volume 2 · The Discipline of Hours · Essay 288

Visibility Game

Call it a game and people relax. Visibility Game is a game in the way chess is a game — playful outside, serious inside.

The lesson of the game is that your move is never just your move. It changes what others will do next, which changes what your move was worth. Thinking one round deeper is the entire advantage.

The kirana shop opens at eight sharp, festival or fever. Ask the owner his secret and he will point at the shutter, not at his willpower. Systems outlast moods.

Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. No ceremony needed. Begin with the very next decision.