Alison Wood Brooks

Yes. So fast forward. So all of this mixing is happening. The big experiment in democracy is happening in America. All the Europeans think that Americans are no good at conversation. We're talking about ourselves all the time. We spit while they're talking. I mean, there's all kinds of stereotypes developing.

Yes. So fast forward. So all of this mixing is happening. The big experiment in democracy is happening in America. All the Europeans think that Americans are no good at conversation. We're talking about ourselves all the time. We spit while they're talking. I mean, there's all kinds of stereotypes developing.

Fast forward a bit more, in the mid-1900s, middle of the 20th century, game theory appears. So these are economists and game theorists like John Nash from A Beautiful Mind. Oh, sure, sure.

Fast forward a bit more, in the mid-1900s, middle of the 20th century, game theory appears. So these are economists and game theorists like John Nash from A Beautiful Mind. Oh, sure, sure.

Fast forward a bit more, in the mid-1900s, middle of the 20th century, game theory appears. So these are economists and game theorists like John Nash from A Beautiful Mind. Oh, sure, sure.

Yes, Morgenstern, Thomas Schelling. Now, they studied what they called coordination games. which were really simple. But at the time, they were really hot and flashy. So it would be like the game of chicken as a coordination game. Any choice two or more people are making independently that they can't talk to each other. So like in a game of chicken, you're coming towards each other.

Yes, Morgenstern, Thomas Schelling. Now, they studied what they called coordination games. which were really simple. But at the time, they were really hot and flashy. So it would be like the game of chicken as a coordination game. Any choice two or more people are making independently that they can't talk to each other. So like in a game of chicken, you're coming towards each other.

Yes, Morgenstern, Thomas Schelling. Now, they studied what they called coordination games. which were really simple. But at the time, they were really hot and flashy. So it would be like the game of chicken as a coordination game. Any choice two or more people are making independently that they can't talk to each other. So like in a game of chicken, you're coming towards each other.

You both have to choose, am I going to go right or am I going to go left? But you can't talk about it. If you coordinate, you pass successfully. Motorcycles or Sea-Doos or whatever you're on. Horses with jowls. Yes, exactly. If you miscoordinate, you collide. That's a simple one. There are non-cooperative coordination games, like the Prisoner's Dilemma. Do you know the Prisoner's Dilemma?

You both have to choose, am I going to go right or am I going to go left? But you can't talk about it. If you coordinate, you pass successfully. Motorcycles or Sea-Doos or whatever you're on. Horses with jowls. Yes, exactly. If you miscoordinate, you collide. That's a simple one. There are non-cooperative coordination games, like the Prisoner's Dilemma. Do you know the Prisoner's Dilemma?

You both have to choose, am I going to go right or am I going to go left? But you can't talk about it. If you coordinate, you pass successfully. Motorcycles or Sea-Doos or whatever you're on. Horses with jowls. Yes, exactly. If you miscoordinate, you collide. That's a simple one. There are non-cooperative coordination games, like the Prisoner's Dilemma. Do you know the Prisoner's Dilemma?

No, that's different. That's the Stanford Prison Experiment.

No, that's different. That's the Stanford Prison Experiment.

No, that's different. That's the Stanford Prison Experiment.

I thought you just had an electric shock just now.

I thought you just had an electric shock just now.

I thought you just had an electric shock just now.

Milgram, that's how I react to the name, too. Yes, Milgram did the Stanford Prison Experiment and the shocks.

Milgram, that's how I react to the name, too. Yes, Milgram did the Stanford Prison Experiment and the shocks.

Milgram, that's how I react to the name, too. Yes, Milgram did the Stanford Prison Experiment and the shocks.