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Game theory basics

Mathematics of conflict and cooperation showing why rational actors sometimes don't cooperate, why threats backfire, and why coordination is harder than it should be. It explains everything from office politics to nuclear deterrence: most human problems are game-theory problems with no clean solutions.

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