Informed Consent at Downton Abbey [Think Tank]
Did Lord Grantham choose rationally between conflicting advice from his doctors? Spoilers for Downton Abbey.
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Game Theory on Overthinking It
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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Episode 71: The Kickstarter Triangle Trade
Sheely and Wrather count down the remaining episodes of Gossip Girl.
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Michael Bay-sian Economics
Negotiation strategies for a combustible society, with examples from Transformers, The Rock and Armageddon.
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Breaking Bad Season 4: Labor Relations in America
Always negotiate from a position of strength.
Episode 45: That Most Turgid of Sciences
Wrather and Sheely are back on their game with this episode, considering Charlie and the principal agent problem.
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Episode 33: Cheap Talk
Sheely and Wrather discuss the latest episodes of Gossip Girl, focusing on the role and agency of GG herself, information and social networks, and the ends and means of warfare.
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Zombie Jamboree: Left 4 Dead’s Winning Formula
For the last six weeks, I have been trying to write something about Valve’s Left 4 Dead, unsuccessfully. This is because our site is about Overthinking stuff, and a post called “OMG ME PWN ZOMBIES!!” would not be appropriate.