Masayuki Mochizuki

It doesn't exist because every time you change one variable, all the other variables change.

There's constantly trade-offs to be made.

Sometimes they are macro.

I have a decision here between a priming game plan or a blitz attack.

Sometimes it's micro.

Do I promote that back checker one pip over there, which slightly improves my racing chances?

Or do I want to split it with the front?

What about ideas like opportunity cost and sunk cost and decision-making under uncertainty?

Do you actively factor in those ideas as you're playing, or is it more like they're just humming beneath the surface?

Sunk cost, I think any professional investor or games player at a high level knows you should not dwell too much on sunk cost.

It's in the past.

Focus on making the best play.

Opportunity cost comes in a lot in backgammon as well, especially when you're

choosing between game plans.

If you pursue this one game plan, there's an opportunity cost.

It affects the optionality of going to another game plan later.

Decision-making under uncertainty.

That's literally what you do on every single move in backgammon.

There's actually several levels to it.

We do have complete information of the game.