Glossary
The idea that each person acts through several identities and therefore several overlapping incentive systems at once.
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multiple games
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...law of proximity, the idea is this. Whenever you play a game, you're not just playing one game. You're playing many, many different games,..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...law of proximity, the idea is this. Whenever you play a game, you're not just playing one game. You're playing many, many different games,..."
Key Notes
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Jiang says player interests come from the superstructure of society and culture, but game theory also has to see that each player is simultaneously playing several other games through several identities.
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He says students also play multiple games: doing well in school, friendship/popularity, and pleasing parents; in his ranking, pleasing parents comes first, friendship second, and actual learning last.
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"So, in the future, will we learn more about how do we find out what causes different stakeholders to have different interests? Like, in..."
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"...of society. Okay? People are responding to their culture. But in game theory, what I want to teach you is that it's because they..."
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"...right? So students, right? So students, they're trying to play a game where they do well in school because that ensures a good outcome...."
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"And the game that you care the least about, that matters the least is actually doing well in school. Learning, learning in school. Okay?..."
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"...law of proximity, the idea is this. Whenever you play a game, you're not just playing one game. You're playing many, many different games,..."
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"...to be popular among your colleagues. Then you play a city game where you live in Beijing and you want Beijing to be better..."
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The lecture names the law of proximity: people and nations play many games at once, but the nearest game is the one that governs action.
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School says it teaches literacy, competence, creativity, and lifelong learning.
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