This offering is dedicated
to Shirley,
whose love and support make it possible,
and to the armies of those that I love,
who make it essential.
It is undertaken
for Gaia,
for love and for money,
and for the joy of it,
And fully acknowledges
the spirit of Raven.
Thanksgiving Day, 1985.
January 8th, 1986
LETSPLAY
LETSPLAY is an invitation open to all.
The basic rules of the game are : -
the game is open -
you can come and go as you like.
the game is safe -
nobody gets hurt, whether they play or not.
the game is a winner -
everybody wins, whether they play or not.
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LETSPLAY, the game, is introduced in three sets of papers,
LETSPLAY - IDEAS
LETSPLAY - REALITY
LETSPLAY - VISION
the whole being placed in context and relationship through a
further set,
LETSPLAY - PERSPECTIVE
Ideas, which are entirely abstract and can be arranged and re-
arranged at whim or will, represent the creative, projective and
thus essentially male aspect of this whole.
Reality, being of entirely sterner stuff, allowing neither
compromise nor even discussion, represents the female.
It is important to know the difference between male and female.
It makes the game more possible and more satisfying.
Vision derives from the marriage of the two, a proper, conjugal
relationship that respects the essential distinctions between the
dimensions and brings their full potential into play.
Vision is generally only available to those who have both some
understanding of ideas and some experience of reality.
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The application of this process to the economic relationship
between people, and the development of LETSystems, is described
below.
LETSPLAY - IDEAS offers an analysis of money - what it is,
how it affects our lives, its relationship to the
community, and the structural problems of our current
economic system.
Specific proposals are made for the application of small
scale self-administered local currencies to remedy many of
the present problems.
The exploration of these proposals is supported by a
simulation game package, designed as an educative tool.
Program support available : - LETSPLAY in Pascal source code
or compiled for IBM PC compatible computers.
LETSPLAY - REALITY provides support for implementing the
ideas.
Program codes and simple administrative guidelines are
provided to allow interested persons to initiate their own
LETSystems with a minumum of effort and expense.
Program support available : - LETSystem source codes for
application with dBASE II ( copyright Ashton-Tate )
LETSPLAY - VISION introduces a further level of the game in
which players who have developed their understanding of the
whole picture can coordinate their efforts to greater mutual
and general advantage.
LETSPLAY - PERSPECTIVE covers the essential methods and
ideas that are effective in gaining the greatest benefits
from the process as a whole.
You are invited to explore these ideas, to participate in their
further development and/or bring them to the attention of others
who might be interested.
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summary
ideas - reality - vision - perspective