Work as play

{{Short description|Philosophical concept}}

Work as play is the concept of a qualitative change in human work activity. An idea does not have a single author, but is present in studies and culture.{{cite magazine |last1=Sterling |first1=Bruce |title="Superhumanity: Post-Labor, Psychopathology, Plasticity" in Seoul |url=https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2017/10/superhumanity-post-labor-psychopathology-plasticity-seoul/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=18 September 2023}}

Work is usually perceived as an external obligation and play as an internal compulsion.{{cite web |last1=Lepper |first1=Mark R. |last2=Henderlong |first2=Jennifer |title=Turning "Play" into "Work" and "Work" into "Play": 25 Years of Research on Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Motivation |url=https://hillkm.com/EDUC_712/Lepper_and_Henderlong_2000.pdf |website=hillkm.com |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=en}} Consequently, turning work into play is seen as the solution to the alienation of labor.{{cite web |last1=Jungkwon |first1=Chin |title=Play and Labor |url=https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/superhumanity/179187/play-and-labor/ |website=E-flux |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=en}} Nowadays, play is increasingly integrated into human labor activities.{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=N. |last2=Olaison |first2=L. |last3=Sliwa |first3=M. |last4=Sørensen |first4=B. M. |last5=Spoelstra |first5=S. |title=Work, play and boredom |url=https://repository.essex.ac.uk/7370/ |website=ephemera theory & politics in organization |access-date=18 September 2023 |pages=329–335 |language=en |date=2011}}{{cite web |last1=Pitts |first1=Frederick H. |title=Escape by Approximation: The Contemporary Relevance of Marcuse's Conceptualization of Labor |url=https://www.telospress.com/escape-by-approximation-the-contemporary-relevance-of-marcuses-conceptualization-of-labor/ |website=Telos Press |access-date=18 September 2023 |date=17 July 2012}} This approach is called gamification as applied to work.