A Theory on Morality: Analyzing Prisoner’s Dilemma
Business Insider: Money and Markets Article Extended Interview Link In this Business Insider article, Cornell professor Steven Strogatz uses trends observed in a prisoner’s dilemma experiment to postulate how morality among humans could have self-organized into the form we recognize today. The experiment that Strogatz cites was performed in the 1980s by Robert Axelrod. He […]
Friendships, Facebook Edition.
Networks are intricate structures that bridge local and global worlds and contain distinct properties. Elizabeth Bernstein explores how facebook’s platform has transformed the meaning of friendships and information sharing. She acknowledges how social networking has made us closer, allowing old friends to reconnect and get better acquainted to people we likely wouldn’t have grown close […]
Game Theory Application: Why Oil Production Freezes Won’t Happen
Game Theory can be applied to many given scenarios dealing with politics and economics. The scenario discussed in the attached article is game theory applied to the oil market stability in those countries involved in oil production. Every meeting between the OPEC and Russia since the oil collapse in 2014 has lead to the same […]
Game Theory Applied to Space Engineering.
We don’t think about this topic very often, but it is a fact: many of our modern day technologies such as GPS devices, smartphones, and television, all depend primarily on satellites that are revolving around the earth, floating in outer space. These satellites are our main method of communication and information transportation, but they also […]
Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute and Game Theory
Dokdo/Takeshima, a small islet located at a sea surrounded by Korea, Japan, and Russia, has long been a region of hostile dispute regarding its territorial sovereignty. Due to its political, economical, and military values, Dokdo/Takeshima is strategically crucial to both South Korea and Japan for each nation’s benefit/advantage in various aspects. Arguing in legal and […]
Ted Talk: Game Theory and Brain Activity
Link: http://blog.ted.com/further-readings-in-game-theory-how-it-applies-to-marriage-kidney-donation-chains-and-government-gridlock/ Behavioral economist Colin Camerer studies connection between game theory and brain circuitry as people make decisions and bargain. His studies have shown that humans do not partake in extensive strategic thinking and tend to stop after one or two steps. This was proven during an experiment where people tried to guess what 2/3rds […]
Game Theory in Architecture
One article that I found extremely interesting was about the role of game theory in architecture. Titled “Using game theory to fine–tune architectural diplomacy, ” the feature was posted on Archinect.com, a resource for architects to discover potential connections and share interesting commentary. The author published emails that he exchanged with Adam Tarr, the founder […]
Adblock Plus- Controversy or Business Breakthrough?
Recently the company behind AdBlock Plus, the most ubiquitous advertisement filtering browser plugin available, made a controversial decision to start allowing advertising companies to pay money to show ads to AdBlock users. This pay-to-play whitelist was immediately derided by critics, who complained that AdBlock was “selling out” to the same advertising companies that it had spent […]
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