31 Quotes About Game-theory

There's a rule that you really only want to play one level above your opponent,' explains poker professional Vanessa Rousso. 'If you play to far above your opponent, you're going to think they have information that you want them to glean from your actions.

Objective facts are Nash equilibrium points in the contest of competing wills.

Marriage is a prisoner's dilemma in which you get to choose the person with whom you're in cahoots. This might seem like a small change, but it potentially has a big effect on the structure of the game you're playing. If you knew that, for some reason, your partner in crime would be miserable if you weren't around - the kind of misery even a million dollars couldn't cure - then you'd worry much less about them defecting and leaving you rot in jail.

Well, if the rules of the game force a bad strategy, maybe we shouldn't try to change strategies. Maybe we should try to change the game.