Cryptocurrency Bans and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Recently in the New York Times, articles have been written detailing the latest efforts by governments across the world to ban or regulate cryptocurrency transactions and mining operations. In China, an outright ban on cryptocurrency transactions and mining has taken place, giving many who have built businesses around mining and exchanging cryptocurrency no choice but […]
#1: How Tinder Matches You
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/18267772/tinder-elo-score-desirability-algorithm-how-works Tinder is no doubt the number 1 used app when it comes to finding a significant other through online resources. We post photos, descriptions, and set preferences that affect our chances of the number of matches we get. Many people have used it but probably never had a chance to ask, how does […]
Improving NYC’s Traffic Congestion
New York City is one of the most traffic-congested cities in the U.S., despite the many transportation options for everyone to use. Right now, in an attempt to improve traffic problems, NYC has implemented tolls to help the automobile congestion. According to CUNY researchers, for a $5-$15 toll, the use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) is […]
Game Theory in Professional Tennis
Source: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/news/latest-news/world-and-societies/2017/june/experts-test-game-theory-on-world-s-top-tennis-players.html As a longtime tennis player and fan of the sport, my interest was piqued when tennis was brought up during our lectures on games and mixed strategy. I had never considered this link before, and wanted to find out more. I discovered the article “Experts Test Game Theory on World’s Top Tennis Players,” […]
Tradeoffs, Tariffs, and Trade Wars
Like in many bilateral interactions, the classic prisoner’s dilemma underpins the approaches taken by countries in trading matters, especially regarding tariffs, or taxes on imported goods. However, investigating the Nash equilibrium for one round of tariffs may not entirely explain expected choices and outcomes between countries across a long trading relationship. When studying trade between […]
Debate Among the Democratic Party and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Currently, the Democratic party is in conflict over a $1 trillion dollar roads-and-bridges infrastructure bill and another $3.5 trillion dollar social spending bill. The infrastructure bill is backed by the centrist faction of the party, and the social spending bill is backed by the progressives. Originally, the infrastructure bill passed the Senate in June, and […]
The Climate Change Game at Different Time Periods
At the UN headquarters not too far away, the talks are back on. Climate change is once again the focus, entailed by a new round of shaming and emission reduction pledges. However, will nations, corporations, and other prominent players act on their camaraderie against the “code red for humanity”? Modelling the statecraft for environmental policies […]
The Green Tiles of Game Theory
Mahjong is a game of skill, probability, and luck. It is a recreational game that originated in 19th century China but has gained popularity around the world. The source article touches base on the probability of winning a game of mahjong on a smaller scale. In a mahjong set, there are 144 tiles. There […]
Why the New Cold War is Inherently Different
From the elderly being beaten to the common citizen being harassed with racist remarks, we have seen an alarming uptick in Asian-American hate across the nation over the past year. Understandably, the Asian and Asian-American population are noticeably perturbed. Why, many wonder, are Asians becoming the target of so many social attacks? Sadly, we have […]
Blog 1: How Instagram Networks Its Users
https://sproutsocial.com/insights/instagram-algorithm/ Ever since the creation of social media platforms, I’ve always been curious how we are connected with friends and build our followings. According to sprout social, there are many varieties of instagram’s algorthm, but it essentially looks at your interests, timeliness, relationship, following, and usage, to determine the content to promote and the people […]
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