Game Theory

Nick and Chris look into how math and game theory can predict vaccination uptake - the problem might be more complicated than you think. 

Googliography:

How Game Theory Could Solve the COVID-19 Rollout https://www.rand.org/blog/2021/03/how-game-theory-could-solve-the-covid-19-vaccine-rollout.html#:~:text=In%20past%20research%2C%20game%20theory,sent%20to%20each%20vaccination%20center

The Pandemic is a Prisoner's Dilemma (New York Times, Subscription Required) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/virus-vaccine-game-theory.html

The Vaccination Game: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC516577/

Social Distancing Game: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspa.2020.0686

On January 9, 2022 the LV Raiders and LA Chargers will play a football game wherein a tie could be a win-win scenario for both teams. The Raiders and Chargers (if the Indianapolis Colts lose at 1 p.m. est) could both make the NFL playoffs with a tie in the final regular season game of 2021/22. 

This NFL Prisoner's dilemma at once both completely different than the classic Game Theory concept and exactly the same as the original dilemma. 

In this episode, Nick and Chris quickly examine what makes this different, what makes it the same, and what the teams should do. 

Googliography:

NFL Playoff Scenarios: https://www.nfl.com/news/playoff-clinching-scenarios-for-week-18-of-2021-nfl-season

Pro Football Talk: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/03/theres-one-way-that-a-chargers-raiders-tie-gets-both-team-into-the-playoffs/

Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/01/03/raiders-chargers-playoff-implications-tie-sunday-night-football-wild-card

Are aliens real? If they are would they want us? In this episode, Nick & Chris look into the math and philosophy of life being out there somewhere. 

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If this description doesn't contain resources and a googliography, check back later, it's on the way. 

Clips: Arrival, South Park.

In medieval Chinese myth, a brilliant writer and strategizer documented the best strategies of the day in a book called the thirty-six stratagems. In the separation subsection, there's a bluff called the "Empty Fort Strategy."

This strategy is so crazy, that it just might work. 

It enters into the realm of reverse and reverse-reverse psychology in the manner that a bluff in poker does. 

In this episode, the guys talk about the Empty Fort Strategy, military bluffs, and general one-upmanship in competition

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Googlyography:

EMPTY FORT STRATEGY

Wikipedia: Empty Fort Strategy Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Fort_Strategy#:~:text=The%20Empty%20Fort%20Strategy%20is,listed%20in%20the%20following%20sections.

OTHER BLUFFS

Military Bluffs: https://www.kickassfacts.com/10-greatest-bluffs-in-history-that-actually-paid-off/

Military Bluff Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/uabjp/what_are_some_of_the_greatest_military_bluffs_of/

Thirty-six Strategems Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems

Bluffing Board Games: https://www.boardgamehalv.com/best-bluffing-board-games/

TPIR is entering its 50th season. So, how do you win? How do you avoid losing? Why do people do what they do on contestants' row?

Full resources and description is pending

Helpful Links: 

Learn more about Justin: https://bit.ly/3kaj8vk

The Price is Right Stats: https://bit.ly/3BJULul

In this episode, the boys talk about college football, the only North American team sport to have huge arguments about who the best team is and who gets the right to challenge for the title. 

In this episode, we start our "We Got a Guy for that" series for when we're out of our depth (which is usually the case). Our friend Trent Williams (Not the superstar left tackle for the San Francisco 49ers), has more than 1K subscribers on his outdoor YouTube channel and is an avid and expert hunter and angler. 

We discuss the difference between state tag lottery systems and the North American conservation model. 

Find more about Trent: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3oydSanPXCVH6gO3pAorTg/videos

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrentWilliamsOutdoors

Contact the show at [email protected]

Resources:

Women's Suffrage in Wyoming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_Wyoming#cite_ref-:4_15-1

WyoHistory: https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/women-jury-wyoming-makes-history-again

Right Choice, Wrong Reasons: https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/right-choice-wrong-reasons-wyoming-women-win-right-vote

150 years of women in Wyoming https://www.powelltribune.com/stories/celebrating-wyomings-history-of-remarkable-women-leaders,30486

Wyoming Women, a timeline: https://wywf.org/wyoming-womens-history/

Further reading:

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/life/women-of-the-century/2020/08/13/wyoming-woman-equal-rights-first-state-women-voting-rights/5021228002/

NOTE: Game Theory is educational and conversational - it is not meant to be 100% accurate. We will make relevant corrections in subsequent episodes. 

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Resources:

Decline Now Movement games the algorithm: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-06/doordash-workers-are-trying-to-game-the-algorithm-to-increase-pay

High Jumpers share gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjSCT97GSsA

Understanding the Traveler's Dilemma: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/travelers-dilemma.asp

More on the subject: 

"DoorDash's Revenue Triples during pandemic" by the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/doordashs-revenue-triples-amid-sustained-demand-for-food-delivery-11620936876?page=1

More Reporting on the #declinenow movement from vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3anwdy/organized-doordash-drivers-declinenow-strategy-is-driving-up-their-pay