December 17, 2020 • 55 mins
Chess... Poker... Rock Paper Scissors... Your daily commute..? Nuclear war..? AND your Social Media?? Turns out you can form a winning strategy for all of these using 'Game Theory' - and in this episode Greg not only tells Maren how, but also untangles the story of its development. It’s the story of two Johns - von Neumann & Nash - and separates fact from fiction in the film ‘A Beautiful Mind’.
[*Winning not guaranteed. Sorry]
Show notes, sources, and transcript can be found at https://linktr.ee/surprisinglybrilliant
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