Game Survival: A Game Theory Interpretation of Social Phenomena

Author: Pan Tianqun
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Unveiling mysteries, easy to understand, endless fun in survival games. What is game theory? Game theory is not about playing Go, it's about society, and it is today's most fashionable survival theory. "It's hard to say whether Chinese people excel in other fields, but they have an advantage in studying game theory." Is this praise or criticism? Game theory is a science in the West, but in China, it's more like an art. Simply put, it's about dealing with relationships between people in a more artistic way. If you want to navigate today's society with ease, read this book, "Game Survival," which blends the essence of ancient wisdom with modern scientific experience! Fire broke out, which door should you run to?—This is game theory. Types of games, the Prisoner's Dilemma and the of China's exam-oriented education, a fable: the massacre in the village, a tyrannical wife, a clever shareholder: the application of power indices. Why don't many people vote in democratic societies? Verbal declaration games. The bar problem and the "Hundred Flowers Award" selection. What is the paradox of the Centipede Game? Revolution: another form of voting, the original state of humanity is the Prisoner's Dilemma, in what sense is society predictable. This book will attempt to interpret human social actions or collective actions using game theory—here, "social action or collective action" refers to interactive groups. Readers will find that the actions of the originally complex human society are easily understandable and will discover some underlying principles. This book explains social phenomena. Its methods, theories, and examples are largely from economics, but it is not entirely an economics book. If it were purely economics, it would have to use complete economic theories to explain and analyze specific research objects, and it would have to discuss concepts and principles such as "supply," "demand," "price," "utility," "marginal," etc., otherwise it would be irresponsible to readers. This book strives to explain various social phenomena using scientific methods. Of course, economics is also a science, but economics has already formed fixed research patterns. Here, we simply want to tell readers what lies behind many phenomena. Some parts of this book are "philosophical," and others are "logical." What I want to say is that the social phenomena we see have profound "scientific" reasons behind them—I believe these phenomena are rational and logical. If this book can inspire readers, I will be satisfied. As long as readers believe that what they gain exceeds the price of the book, my conscience will be at ease, because I hope that writing this book and readers buying it is a "cooperative game," not a "non-cooperative game."