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Re:History of the Paper Clip by fscaramuzza on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @12:59PM (#40587412)
Thank you very much, now I want to play Universal Paperclips so bad.

https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/

Re:History of the Paper Clip by cpach on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @01:18PM (#40587665)
Yeah, IMHO that’s one of the funniest and best computer games ever. For those who haven’t played it, I can warmly recommend it.
Re:History of the Paper Clip by mlyle on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @01:21PM (#40587715)
I assign it as homework in my microeconomics class.
Re:History of the Paper Clip by CobrastanJorji on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:59PM (#40588914)
There must be some point before the game ends where it must surely transition to macroeconomics homework.
Re:History of the Paper Clip by tomcam on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @04:56PM (#40590509)
Deep cut
Re:History of the Paper Clip by contingencies on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @06:55PM (#40591585)
First clip's free: An historical drama new to Netflix exploring a parallel historical reality in which all socialist revolutions are pre-empted with funding and covert support by agents of a shady dynasty of paperclip industrialists.
Re:History of the Paper Clip by tomcam on Saturday June 08, 2024 @08:23PM (#40621050)
Well I'm sold!
Re:History of the Paper Clip by cpach on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:28PM (#40588539)
Cool! How do the students react? :)
Re:History of the Paper Clip by mlyle on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:37PM (#40603182)
Generally the whole senior class gets addicted to it; other faculty wonder about what's up with this paperclip game... maybe about a third of students take it not just through "monopoly" (the assignment) but to the very end.

So much of what we talk about in micro is in there; price and profit maximization; market power and monopoly; game theory; production possibilities increasing through technology; etc.

Re:History of the Paper Clip by ben_bai on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:21PM (#40588443)
it's like 6h when you know what you are doing :-)