This episode is about the idea that the best way to prepare for the unexpected is not to make plans or predictions, but to play games. Malcolm gladwell: Game theory is merely the study of how rational people interact when they know that their decisions impinge on each other. He says by putting people in simulated positions, these realistic but unreal realities, it encourages them to and exposes them to things they may be havent thought of. Malcolm Gladwell: You're listening to revisionist history by podcast, about things overlooked and misunderstood.