Games People Play: Thinking Strategically with Game Theory

What you’ll learn
Identify different parts of our brain, and how they correspond to different voices in our head
Understand primary motivations, including complex urges such as craving fairness and independence
Seek the state of flow, a mental state of intense concentration and joy, brought on by work
Classify personalities into 32 categories using the Big Five Personality Traits
Understand how memory works, why it is reconstructive and associative

Requirements
This course does not require any software

Description
This is a practical applied course in game theory, that’s about thinking strategically in any life situation, personal or professional.

Let’s parse that.

Game Theory: Almost every interaction we engage in involves participants with some level of conflict all trying to achieve their own goals. Game theory provides a scientific framework to analyze these situations and identify the best way forward.
Thinking Strategically: Game theory requires you to analyze the motivations of every player, their value systems, strengths and weaknesses and how all of these interact with each other.

Who this course is for
Yep! Anyone curious to understand how to formally analyze strategic situations
Yep! Anyone curious to gain a practical applied understanding of game theory