“Certain modern dreamers say that ants and bees have a society superior to ours. They have, indeed, a civilization; but that very truth only reminds us that it is an inferior civilization. Who ever found an ant-hill decorated with the statues of celebrated ants? Who has seen a bee-hive carved with the images of gorgeous queens of old?” Chesterton’s Orthodoxy p.267
The reflective instinct is the edge of dignity. The contours of the game are aligned then. A reflective element in player ability is the highest form of cooperation and competitiveness. It pushes the game to the furthest arc of its development.