Games People Play: Thinking Strategically with Game Theory

• 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

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.