Author: Marc Casper

Marc is a lecturer and researcher for vocational and business education at University of Hamburg, Germany. He is interested in progressive and critical ways of teaching economics. He supports schools, research projects and young companies in promoting sustainable business and education. You can visit his university homepage for more info and publications.

Disclaimer: How Game Theory Might Turn You Into a Paranoid Android

If we just keep thinking that a zero-sum game has to stay a zero-sum game forever, if we just accept victimization and exploitation instead of thinking about new alternative ways, we neglect the impressive history of humankind. This history, our history, is a long journey towards more and more cooperation, peace and wealth for everyone. The history of humankind is not a zero-sum game. Hopefully, it’s not a game at all, but a serious enterprise we can engage in as hopeful, creative human beings – not as paranoid androids.

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