/lit/ - Literature

>>12094311
picrel

>>12094311
there used to be a cool book about the cold war but I ate it.

If you're into books you can purchase "The rational Male" by Rollo Tomassy.
The therationalmale.com "Year One" and "Year Two" are basically all the book for free

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/745489624?utm_medium=api&utm_source=custom_widget

>>12094405
>>12094427
>>12094428
Thank you!

What is the Nash equilibrium and why does it
matter? - the economist explains

By Nash -
Theory of games and economic behavior
two-person co-operative games
the bargaining problem
non-cooperative games
equilibrium points in N-person games

The mad bombers - Young

Game Theory, Political Economy, and the Evolving Study of War and Peace

Dan Carlin - The Destroyer of Worlds

The Evolution of Cooperation - axelrod and hamilton

Sapolsky - Why Should I Be nice? (should be on YT)

Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms - ellsberg

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-scientists-realistic-human-interaction.html

>>12094665
Exactly what I searched. Thank you!

>>12094665
Good list.

Also pic. related

> “There are at least two kinds of games,” states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. “One could be called finite; the other infinite.”

> Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious.
> Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play.
> The rules may change, the boundaries may change, even the participants may change—as long as the game is never allowed to come to an end.

> What are infinite games?
> How do they affect the ways we play our finite games?
> What are we doing when we play—finitely or infinitely?
> And how can infinite games affect the ways in which we live our lives?

> Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely.
>He surveys our world—from the finite games of the playing field and playing board to the infinite games found in culture and religion—leaving all we think we know illuminated and transformed.
> Along the way, Carse finds new ways of understanding everything, from how an actress portrays a role to how we engage in sex, from the nature of evil to the nature of science.
> Finite games, he shows, may offer wealth and status, power and glory, but infinite games offer something far more subtle and far grander.

> Carse has written a book rich in insight and aphorism. Already an international literary event, Finite and Infinite Games is certain to be argued about and celebrated for years to come. Reading it is the first step in learning to play the infinite game.

>>12094311
More like tits for dad hahaha

Little addition for anons who are interested in this topic. I also created another thread on /biz/ since I'm currently also into the impacts of game theory in economy. You can find more recs from other anons here:
>>>/biz/11780333

>>12094866
Thanks!

read those chess books

>>12094405
Are there still guys out there like Mystery who will take me under their wing the same way he did for Strauss? It seems like his entire transformation to PUA depended on mentorship more than reading a ton of pickup books.

>>12098694
same with any skill, really.
find a Chad friend.

>>12098694
PUA isnt that effective

The Strategy of Conflict

>>12094311
Conned Again, Watson! is an excellent introduction.
It also has an extensive bibliography that you may find useful, reproduced here: https://toakraka.nfshost.com/000009.html

>>12094311
was reading on evolutionary game theory yesterday.

pretty cool stuff, check it out you'll find some books in the entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_game_theory

>>12094311
If yo have an ok mathematical background then Thomas Ferguson - Game Theory is free, available online and pretty great.
And it's not great because it's free. I haven't found a better book that paid or not.

>>12101064
Looks interesting. Too bad I'm stupid and don't understand anything beyond geometry ie. calc

>>12094866
>>12095595

While this is an interesting read, this book has nothing to do with (mathematical) game theory.