Game Theory (ECON 159)

We first define formally the new concept from last time: Nash equilibrium. Then we discuss why we might be interested in Nash equilibrium and how we might find Nash equilibrium in various games. As an example, we play a class investment game to illustrate that there can be many equilibria in social settings, and that societies can fail to coordinate at all or may coordinate on a bad equilibrium. We argue that coordination problems are common in the real world. Finally, we discuss why in such coordination problems--unlike in prisoners' dilemmas--simply communicating may be a remedy.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Nash Equilibrium: Definition
09:31 - Chapter 2. Nash Equilibrium: Examples
23:13 - Chapter 3. Nash Equilibrium: Relation to Dominance
31:53 - Chapter 4. Pareto Efficient Equilibria in Coordination Games: The Investment Game
53:11 - Chapter 5. Pareto Efficient Equilibria in Coordination Games: Other Examples

Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu


This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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What separates a true system from a pile of parts? Walk through everyday examples like a car, a tree, and a rugby game to apply Donella Meadows' simple test for recognizing when something is a system rather than just stuff or silos.

Key topics:
- Quick review of what defines a system
- Cars and car parts: system versus collection
- Natural and human-made systems side by side
- Why a rugby game stays the same game with different players
- Meadows' four questions for identifying a system

📚 About the Course:

This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice?

When you take this course, you will:

Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals.

Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team.

Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking.

Course Takeaways:
Improve your ability to get the most out of life
Strengthen your leadership toolkit
Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change

📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij

🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership

🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership

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Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114)

Professor Smith discusses the moral and psychological components of the democratic state in the context of Tocqueville's Democracy in America. He goes on to explore the institutional development of the democratic state, the qualities of the democratic individual, and the psychological determinants of the democratic character. The ethic of self-interest is addressed, understood as an antidote to an ethic of fame and glory. Finally, Tocqueville is presented as a political educator and his views on the role of statesmen in a democratic age are expounded.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State
04:32 - Chapter 2. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Compassion
15:17 - Chapter 3. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Anxiety
22:19 - Chapter 4. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Self-Interest
33:44 - Chapter 5. Democratic Statecraft

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2006.

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Milton (ENGL 220)

In the final lecture of the course, the analysis of Samson Agonistes comes to a conclusion with an exploration of the poem's sexual imagery. Milton's choice of subject matter is puzzled over, as are the ethics of his tragic hero, particularly when compared to the heroes of Milton's previous epics. The poem is positioned as a means by which Milton ultimately resolves the poetic, religious, and career-related crises of his earlier poem, "The Passion," and the compelling relationship between the corpus and the poet's biography is revisited one final time.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction
02:07 - Chapter 2. Why Did Milton Choose Samson for the Subject of his Final Work?
35:32 - Chapter 3. Final Thoughts on Milton

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on the lectures from this course, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit http://bit.ly/1jFIqNu.

Fundamentals of Physics (PHYS 200)

In this lecture, Professor Shankar discusses motion in more than one dimension. Vectors are introduced and discussed in multiple dimensions. Vector magnitude and direction are also explained. Null vectors, minus vectors, unit and velocity vectors are discussed along with their properties. Finally, several specific problems are solved to demonstrate how vectors can be added, and problems of projectile motion are expounded.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Review of Motion at Constant Acceleration
04:45 - Chapter 2. Vector Motion 2D Space: Properties
22:57 - Chapter 3. Choice of Basis Axis and Vector Transformation
38:20 - Chapter 4. Velocity Vectors: Derivatives of Displacement Vectors
43:40 - Chapter 5. Derivatives of Vectors: Application to Circular Motion
54:00 - Chapter 6. Projectile Motion

Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu


This course was recorded in Fall 2006.

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Work through the first P of the framework by using the purpose worksheet to question and confirm what matters most. Reflect on the fork in the road, your long and short horizons, your moments of flow, and the bigger why behind it all.

Key topics:
- Identifying your current fork in the road
- Long-term and short-term horizons for your future
- Csikszentmihalyi's flow at work, play, and in childhood
- Naming the big why behind your one wild and precious life
- Condensing answers into a single impact statement

📚 About the Course:

This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice?

When you take this course, you will:

Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals.

Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team.

Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking.

Course Takeaways:
Improve your ability to get the most out of life
Strengthen your leadership toolkit
Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change

📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij

🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership

🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership

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Why does it never feel like you get to set your own priorities? Explore the imbalance between fixed time and exploding demands on attention, then learn Stephen Covey's rocks, pebbles, and sand analogy for fitting what matters most into your jar.

Key topics:
- The fixed supply of quality attention
- Growing demand: population, devices, always-on culture
- How rising influence amplifies time pressure
- Covey's rocks, pebbles, and sand analogy
- Putting your biggest priorities in the jar first

📚 About the Course:

This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice?

When you take this course, you will:

Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals.

Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team.

Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking.

Course Takeaways:
Improve your ability to get the most out of life
Strengthen your leadership toolkit
Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change

📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij

🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership

🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership

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The Johari window is a classic 2x2 that helps leaders expand their open and free area while shrinking blind spots and masks. This lesson explains the four quadrants and how to use the model to grow emotional intelligence in yourself and your team.

Key topics:
- The Johari window: arena, mask, blind spot, and unknown
- Expanding the open and free area appropriately
- Reducing your mask to build trust and shared norms
- Narrowing blind spots through feedback and assessments
- Cultural considerations in self-disclosure
- Sketching your own arena and your team's

📚 About the Course:

This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice?

When you take this course, you will:

Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals.

Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team.

Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking.

Course Takeaways:
Improve your ability to get the most out of life
Strengthen your leadership toolkit
Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change

📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij

🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership

🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership

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In this interview, social entrepreneur Erik Clemons shares his profound insights on identifying and researching societal challenges, emphasizing the critical role of self-interrogation and deep listening to diverse community voices. He discusses how his impactful work, including the redevelopment of Dixwell Plaza, stems from transforming initial research into authentic relationships, enabling him to credibly bridge socio-economic divides and drive meaningful community development. Clemons offers invaluable lessons on the power of personal connection and trust in leading social change. Parnell and Clemons' conversation provides a foundational understanding for aspiring social entrepreneurs.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Understand the initial steps of identifying and researching societal challenges.
• Explore how personal introspection and understanding your role contribute to effective social entrepreneurship.
• Learn the importance of listening to diverse perspectives to uncover root causes and build bridges.
• Discover how research translates into authentic relationships crucial for community development.
• Recognize the significance of building trust and leading with personal integrity in social impact initiatives.

📚 About the Course
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create real change? You don't have to start your own organization to make a difference in the world. Everyone can learn the social entrepreneurship mindset and skillset to build social impact. In this course, you will immerse yourself in a social or environmental challenge you want to tackle. You'll start by researching your topic of choice, talking to people, and ideating a potential solution that you can contribute. Then, you'll build a business model around that solution, understanding concepts like measuring social change, ensuring financial viability, funding and pitching.

This course is a safe space to experiment and explore. You'll be guided by a ten stage framework to help structure your journey. Along the way, you'll hear from social entrepreneurs around the world through case studies and campus conversations. These include Yale alumni, members of the New Haven community, and global changemakers. Everyone is welcome to join this course! You can apply your lived, learned, or professional experience to discover how you're going to make a difference.

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The American Novel Since 1945 (ENGL 291)

In this first of two lectures on Blood Meridian, Professor Hungerford walks us through some of the novel's major sources and influences, showing how McCarthy engages both literary tradition and American history, and indeed questions of origins and originality itself. The Bible, Moby-Dick, Paradise Lost, the poetry of William Wordsworth, and the historical narrative of Sam Chamberlain all contribute to the style and themes of this work that remains, in its own right, a provocative meditation on history, one that explores the very limits of narrative and human potential.

00:00 - Chapter 1. The Literary Tradition: Allusions and Revisions
08:49 - Chapter 2. Eradicating Interiority: "Moby Dick"
20:50 - Chapter 3. Modeling Evil: "Paradise Lost"
30:13 - Chapter 4: Rejecting Innocence: Wordsworth
34:59 - Chapter 5. Historical Sources: Samuel Chamberlin's "My Confession"

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses

This course was recorded in Spring 2008.

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