It is not just humans that need to play - it is important for other living things. My favourite story from the book is about the sea squirt. It is a lower order animal with a spinal cord and a very basic brain. The brain helps the sea squirt avoid danger and find food. Once the sea squirt grows to be an adult it attaches itself permanently to a rock or boat hull. It becomes passive and no longer needs it brain, simply absorbing passing nutrients. Given that the brain is now surplus to its needs the sea squirt then digests it own brain! Brown points out that "all work and no play make sea squirt a brain eating zombie". This is the ultimate example of use it or lose it.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Start playing or risk becoming a zombie
I have just finished reading 'Play' by Stuart Brown. Brown makes the case that play is important to humans throughout their lives and the concept that adults should not play is plain wrong. While there can be a dark side to play, such as when people become addicted to computer games, the beneficial effects of play outweigh the risks.
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