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Prisoner 24601’s Dilemma: Game Theory and “Les Misérables” [Think Tank]
The stirring drama of Les Misérables, as depicted by two-by-two game theory matrices.
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Economics on Overthinking It
Angry Birds Power-Ups Flap in the Face of the Olympic Spirit
Rovio rocked automatic updaters with the Angry Birds 2.2.0 update, a harrowing prospect, set against the backdrop of the ongoing London 2012 Olympics.
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Kabletown Vertical Integration Update
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Kabletown PowerPoint reveals their strategy for taking on the IKEA threat.
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Episode 180: Michelle Bachmann America is Great Funtime
The Overthinkers tackle the TV and music businesses: Community, Taylor Swift, Ke$ha, and Adam Smith.
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Episode 179: The Expendable Babysitters Club
The Overthinkers tackle Starship Troopers, babysitting, and digital publishing.
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Episode 48: The Futility Condition
Sheely and Wrather consider the latest episode of Gossip Girl and take all the robots apart.
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The Odds are Never in Your Favor: Pareto Efficiency in The Hunger Games
Keeping people poor makes them easier to control. Controlling people makes it easier to keep them poor.
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Episode 175: It’s a pirate ship. It should be watertight.
The Overthinkers tackle Tower Heist.
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The Biggest Mistake in the History of NASA
“The biggest mistake in the history of NASA” happened this week when NASA debunked Apollo 18.
Let’s Play Anarcho-Syndicalist Collective!
I do not like Monopoly. I do not like it at ALL.