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Re:A Philosopher Every Programmer Should Know: Susanne K. La... by bh42222 on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @01:10PM (#2734850)
Social game theory is complex but not impossible to understand. If it were impossible, countries not ruled by the pope any more would be all like Somalia.
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Re:A Philosopher Every Programmer Should Know: Susanne K. La... by sethg on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @02:25PM (#2735201)
Game theory helps you decide, given a game with certain rules and a scoring metric, how to maximize your score. Political philosophy helps you choose the rules of the game.
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