It could have been nice to live in a world where spending time and energy on playing chess did not seem like an unconscionable luxury.
Is it a luxury to be able to ignore the setting sun over Lesbos
in order to look at your mobile?
Photo taken September 1, 2024
on the coast of what used to be part of Lydia
I used to play chess, until I figured that when I wanted to think mathematically, there were better ways to do it.
Polytropy 