I am fascinated by the mathematical principles surrounding incentives for particular behaviors, otherwise known as game theory.
I am most interested in zero-sum and non-zero-sum games — how what’s in it for me (WII-FM) can express itself as either selfish or selfless and still be completely self-interested, oftentimes along the lines of short-term (or short sighted) and long-term (or far-sighted) motivations.
If you want to get an excellent launch pad and primer for game theory, start out at Wikipedia’s Game theory entry.
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I was once intimately involved in the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
Do I pick up the soap, or do I let my hair stay dirty?
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