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My bookshelf weighs a ton

Notable new purchases for the occult library. This week: Games People Play by Eric Berne 1968 Penguin edition!

The first ever pop psychology book (although written for pros) debuted in 1964. In Berne’s ‘transactional analysis’ some human behaviours are learned strategies to elicit a response. (They’re mostly along the parent-child-adult drama triangle lines). Others find it exhausting, but the comfortable thing is to play along. ‘White moves first, and white usualy wins,’ writes Berne.

Both the author, and our rational grown-up instincts, offer methods to dodge white’s curved balls. But he solemnly warns that all manner of pitfalls face those who refuse to play games. For example, white will not give up. They will simply find somebody else to play with.