by Mark Hewitt

During our evolution as a species mankind has created social and political systems that have

The Games that People Play

tended to rise and fall based on complex systems.  Complex systems tend to reach a point where failure is the only option as has recently been proven with our credit based economic system.  Economists and fund managers have been making this statement for many years declaring our system of credit based currency to be unsustainable.

Complexity in currency is only one faucet of social and political complexity our system of laws and security fall into the same unsustainable path – one of my favorite speakers on this topic is Barry Schwartz – his TED presentation on our “Loss of Wisdom” sums up our human values and actions.

ABC did a couple of shows giving us an example of how Modern Game Theory helps us to understand the ebb and flow of not only ourselves but the things around us. In this show PrimeTime producers take six teams and set them free in Read the rest of this entry »