The Art of Strategy

Game theory is the art of anticipating your opponent's next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Using a diverse array of rich case studies-from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics, and history-this lecture will examine how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it.
Avinash K. Dixit, Ph.D. (NAS) is John J.F. Sherrerd University Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Among the world's leading economists, he is the author of many books, including Thinking Strategically (Norton, 1991), Investment Under Uncertainty (Princeton UP, 1994), and The Art of Strategy (Norton, 2009).

[@jarinwallah]

1 - Vizzini in the princess bride
2 - the beautfiul mind - nash equilibrium scene
3 - first again
4 - guys and dolls - cider in my ear scene
5 - Mary Poppins - tuppence song
6 - the good, the bad and the ugly final scene
7. ransom movie final scene

[@jarinwallah]

This is really sad - no video clips because of license issues. But thanks to ravindrasane, I didn't miss the first one.

[@kike00]

Great vid :)

[@alivefrom88]

The videos that he showed as example and discussed are edited, so most of the information remains un-understood to me :(

[@StefanVerstappen]

Unbelievable, all this Princeton this and professor that, and it turns out these guys have no idea of what they are talking about. Why can no one see this? I wonder if they are even sentient.