SciShow
Why We Hide Our Good Deeds
It doesn’t make much sense when we try to hide our good deeds, even though we know that we would get rewards from doing something good. Scientists are trying to solve this our bizarre behavior by using game theory.
TED Talks
TED: A prediction for the future of Iran | Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada ... After a crisp explanation of how he does it, he offers three predictions on the...
TED Talks
Colin Camerer: When you're making a deal, what's going on in your brain?
When two people are trying to make a deal -- whether they’re competing or cooperating -- what’s really going on inside their brains? Behavioral economist Colin Camerer shows research that reveals how badly we predict what others are...
SciShow
Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making
With up to ten years in prison at stake, will Wanda rat Fred out? Game theory is looking at human interactions through the lens of mathematics.
SciShow
How U.S. Airports Might Revamp Security... Using Game Theory
For the past few years, airports have been working with game theorists to step up their security game.
Crash Course
Game Theory and Oligopoly: Crash Course Economics
Would you like to play a game, Dr. Falken? Actually, this episode isn't really about games, or Matthew Broderick, or Thermonuclear War. But enough with the long references to 1983's best movie, War Games. Today Jacob and Adriene are...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior? | Lucas Husted
Given a range of integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to 2/3 of the average of all numbers guessed be? For example, if the average of all guesses is 60, the correct guess will be 40. The game is played under...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma | Lucas Husted
Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when they're caught by a fox. Instead of simply eating them, he decides to put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma. He'll ask each gingerbread man...
Curated Video
The Prisoner's Dilemma
Should two suspects, held in separate cells, accuse the other of the crime to secure their own freedom? And why a similar situation led to a vital equilibrium in the Cold War nuclear arms race. Maths - Statistics And Probability A Twig...
Curated Video
Understanding Strategic Interactions between Economic Agents
The video explains the economic applications of game theory and how it can help us understand the interactions between economic agents such as countries, firms, and producers. The concepts of game theory, players, rules, outcomes, and...
Zach Star
A Look at Some Higher Level Math Classes: Getting a Math Minor
This video goes over some of the extra math classes you can take if you get a math minor. Some of these include... Graph Theory Vector Analysis Topology Numerical Analysis Real Analysis Complex Analysis Abstract Algebra Differential...
ACDC Leadership
MICROeconomics 19 Minute Review
In this video I reviews all of MICROeconomics in 19 minutes. (Note- I used the same intro from the macro video since Unit 1 is the same, but this definitely covers MICRO).
Curated Video
Game Theory: An Introduction to Payoff Matrices and the Prisoner's Dilemma Game
The video describes the basic concepts of game theory and uses the example of the prisoner's dilemma game to explain the Nash equilibrium. The video also discusses the use of the payoff matrix as a tool for analyzing outcomes within a...
Science360
New Software Matches More Kidney Donations, Faster
Harvard economistAlvin Roth is a matchmaker but he's not finding love - he's finding kidneys! With support from the National Science Foundation, he and his team have developed a suite of computer programs that match living kidney donors...
Primer
Simulating the Evolution of Aggression
Start exploring the evolution of behavior by seeing what happens when creatures can be either nice or mean.
TLDR News
Game Theory Explains Why No Deal is Inevitable - Brexit Explained.
It seems like Brexit is at a stand still. There's not been much progress recently and May's deal appears to be failing. Game theory might explain why we've not been moving forward. We explain what game theory is and how it influences...
ACDC Leadership
Hot Ones Ask Me Anything
I made this interview video based on the YouTube series Hot Ones. Making it was super fun...and painful.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Can Networks Reduce Competition?
Prof. Sanjeev Goyal explains his general theory of network formation based on individual incentives, and their economic implications
Economics Explained
Why Game Theory is Not About Competition
Game Theory is supposed to show how businesses (and prisoners) can outdo each other to win out over their competition. While this is great in theory Game Theory actually shows us much more about how to get along with our partners,...
Zach Star
The Applications of Algorithms
A huge part of computer science is learning about algorithms and how to apply them. Algorithms can be very simple and very complex and in this video I outline some algorithms with practical applications that you can even apply to your life.
ACDC Leadership
Micro Unit 4 Intro- Imperfect Competition AP Economics
A quick overview of what you will cover in Unit 4 of Microeconomics. Virtually all teachers will cover the same topics, but keep in mind that some teachers might teach a few concepts in a different order.
ACDC Leadership
Game Theory Dominant Strategy Practice: Econ Concepts in 60 Seconds
Here is my 60 second explanation of how to identify the dominant strategy with game theory payoff matrix. The numbers in the left of each square are for the firm on the left. The numbers on the right are for the firm on the top.