Writer's block

Apr 09, 2010 00:32

I know I have a couple "to write" topics already picked, but I got about a quarter of the way through a post on game theory and lost interest. I suppose I should find real world problems and walk through how I use economics to address them. It might be a nice change of pace from pure theory. Game theory actually is quite useful in explaining how ( Read more... )

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psyllogism April 9 2010, 12:02:38 UTC
The Dollar auction is my favorite game-theoretic result :-)

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magus341 April 9 2010, 12:59:07 UTC
My first thought was that it didn't have enough practical applications to be worth covering in my micro-chapter format, but I think it would be worth going over. It's kind of like an arms race, where both people want to stop, but they want to win more. Arms races happen all the time in nature, such a peacock tails and human brains. I think Game Theory might have to be split up into a couple articles.

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