Game Theory For Everyday Life
A Practical Guide To Making Better Decisions At Work, In Relationships, And With Your Money (No Math Required)By Diego Gomez
Length3h 35m
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GAME THEORY FOR EVERYDAY LIFE
Why do you always lose arguments even when you're right? Why do your threats to your kids never work? Why did you feel like you lost
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GenreBusiness and Economics, Politics and Government
Length3 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. What Is Game Theory?
2323. Salary Negotiation and Interviews
22. The Three Ingredients of Every "Game"
2424. Colleagues and Teams: Allies or Competition?
33. Rationality and Reality
2525. The Free Rider and the Tragedy of the Commons (When Everyone Loses)
44. Your First Strategic Decision
2626. Mass Games: Voting, Auctions, and Social Media
55. Thinking About What Others Think
2727. Habits, Procrastination, and Your Future Self: Games with Yourself
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66. The Prisoner's Dilemma
2828. Most Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
77. Nash Equilibrium: When Nobody Wants to Change
2929. Seven Strategic Questions
88. Dominant Strategy: When There's a Better Option
3030. Infinite Games: When the Goal is to Keep Playing
99. Zero-Sum and Positive-Sum
31Appendix 1. The 10 Most Useful Games
1010. The Stag Hunt (The Risk of Trust)
32Appendix 2. Biases That Sabotage Your Decisions
1111. The Focal Point: Coordinating Without Words
331. Overconfidence
1212. Repeated Games
342. Loss Aversion
1313. Information, Signals, and Commitments: The Power of What's Credible
353. Herd Mentality
1414. The Game of Chicken, or Who Blinks First
364. Confirmation Bias
1515. Who Defines the Game: First Mover Advantage and Anchoring
375. Anchoring Effect
1616. Positions and Interests
386. Sunk Cost Fallacy
1717. Escalation and De-escalation: Getting Out of the Anger Game
397. Status Quo Bias
1818. When You Can't Win, Change the Rules
408. Availability Bias
1919. Game Theory in Relationships
419. Endowment Effect
2020. Parents and Children: Incentives and Tantrums
4210. Future Discounting
2121. Friendships, Reciprocity, and Strategic Forgiveness
43About the Author
2222. Family, Inheritances, Coalitions, and Christmas
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