Game Theory
Speakeasy conversation about strategy, competition, economics, history, and policy from two non-experts.
The episodes include some actual economic Game Theory such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Traveler's Dilemma, and the Public Good game. Episodes also include conversations on dilemmas in TV/Movies, sports, and board/card games, as well as the history of military, intelligence (spies), politics, and economics.
The objective is simply to think critically about how people make strategic choices regarding the world around them and most importantly, about the people around them.
Latest episodes
Oct 18, 2023 • 58min
91. Diderot Effect - How Buying Something Nice Can Make You Hate Your Stuff
In this episode, the boys get into something called the Diderot Effect.
Googliography: TBD
Oct 11, 2023 • 1h 1min
90. Delta's Meltdown & Starbucks Stars: How Company's Turned Loyalty Into a Bank
In this episode, the boys talk about the Delta Sky Miles mess and how Starbucks Stars have evolved to a $2 billion source of revenue.
Oct 3, 2023 • 1h 6min
89. Social Contagion: TikTok Tourrette's; Salem Witch Trials; & The Great June Bug Hysteria
In this episode, the guys break down how ideas can spread out of control.
Googliography:
Social contagion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contagion
Nudge Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_theory
'TikTok Tics: A Pandemic Within a Pandemic': https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mdc3.13316
Sep 26, 2023 • 54min
88. The Pink Tax - Oil Changes, Calculators, & Laxatives: Why Business Charge More for Products Marketed to Women
In this episode, the boys look into all aspects of the pink tax -- what it means, how it happened, and what we can do about it.
Sep 20, 2023 • 51min
87. Benford's Law: How is This a Real Thing; Using Naturally Occurring Numbers to Fight Fraud
In this episode, the guys break down Benford's Law -- what it is, what it means, and what we can learn from the world around us.
Check out the scientific american story here:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-benfords-law-why-this-unexpected-pattern-of-numbers-is-everywhere/
Sep 12, 2023 • 60min
86. The Bad-Vibes Economy: Why Do We Feel This Way?
In this episode, the boys talk about the so-called Vibe-session and what it means for our biases in the American economy.
Sep 5, 2023 • 48min
85. The Great Ice Cream Lie, Learning Styles Are Fake, & How Conventional Wisdom Can Hurt You
In this episode, the boys talk about how scientists may have known for years now that ice cream may be good for you.
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Aug 29, 2023 • 1h 1min
84. Tipping Wars: The Dictator Game, Supply & Demand, and That Awkward Moment at the Register
In this episode, the boys talk about the great American tipping wars
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Googliography:
https://www.foodandwine.com/coffee/baristas-reveal-how-they-feel-when-you-dont-tip
https://www.foodandwine.com/fwpro/what-we-wish-restaurant-guests-knew-about-tipping
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/20/15840818/uber-tipping-option-app-seattle-minneapolis-houston (Uber adds tipping)
https://daily.jstor.org/why-do-people-tip/
Chicago's fight over tipping ($$ WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/americas-fight-over-tipping-at-restaurants-comes-to-its-biggest-battleground-yet-13cd80a6
Aug 15, 2023 • 54min
83. Random Walks & Markov Chains: How To Lose All of Your Money Gambling & Predict the Future
In this episode, the boys talk about a mathematical hypothesis and its tentacles that help describe probability with practical implications for drivers, gamblers, and anyone with money invested.
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Googliography :
Markov Chain:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain
Random Walk:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_walk
Martingale Strategy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_(probability_theory)
Aug 8, 2023 • 1h 4min
82. Data Torture: Harvard Dishonesty Scandal; Purdue Pharma Chart; Men Lying About Height
In this episode, the boys examine how data is manipulated and tortured to show different results. And how you can tell
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Googliography
Harvard Scandal
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LV1F3N/
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LVrpQP/
Men's heights and P values
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LVFpvB/
Purdue Pharma Log Chart
https://twitter.com/benjamin_rubin/status/1462971186569265154?t=AwA0tibpRN7FSLkV12bidw&s=19
Open Access Publication Models
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:21a9ae0b-243f-343c-825a-910f61cb04f2
Medical fraud
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/02/22/there-is-a-worrying-amount-of-fraud-in-medical-research
Japanese Math Throwdown
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-mystery-shinichi-mochizuki-and-the-impenetrable-proof/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/titans-of-mathematics-clash-over-epic-proof-of-abc-conjecture-20180920/
