Game Theory investigates whether Spider-Man, often seen as a hero, might actually be a criminal. The episode takes a closer ...

Prof. Avinash Dixit, John Nash's colleague and friend explains game theory and its impact on situations we encounter every ...

Why game theory explains Putin's choices in Ukraine better than the headlines do ...

Perhaps the most famous game-theory contest is the prisoner’s dilemma. In the prisoner’s dilemma, a pair of thieves have been captured and are being separately interrogated by the police. If both clam ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. I recently had a revealing conversation with a friend — a game ...

Matthew Robert Patrick, better known as ‘MatPat’ has announced his retirement from YouTube. The content creator is best known for helming the Game Theorists channel and its flagship video series Game ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” ...

Ever wonder how nodes are incentivized in a blockchain to ensure trust, consensus and cooperation in a system with no central authority? The answer lies in game theory, the mathematical study of ...

The analysis explores the risks and benefits of a market-driven transition with no required date, a nearer-term target date, ...