1) Last weekend I realised that I’ve played the board game Monopoly maybe 20 or 30 times in my life, yet I don’t remember anyone actually winning a game. I don’t remember anyone ever saying, “There. I have officially won and the game is now officially over.” Instead I mostly remember bored, irritated people drifting away to get a snack, answer the phone or what have you, and never returning. In the end there’s the last person at the board counting money and feeling fleetingly rich but, of course, the game is over and the money and its thrill is void.