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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. @pkprosol https://t.co/a2y0WqG2S8 https://t.co/YA9oE7z2pv

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10/6/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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s/Candy Crush/Our current popular economic system/"pretends to be a game of skill to trick you into spending money" https://t.co/BG8gwQo9Ao https://t.co/jbLnxe8L1X

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10/6/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Change the rules. Redefine winning."reprogrammed the simulator so that it was possible to rescue the freighter." https://t.co/ybOaCEk7RT

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10/6/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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"But that doesn't mean they were right. It means that we live in a world of multiple equilibria" https://t.co/HQ4djv3OMB

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

"…optimal strategy, in this game, is to choose what you think the minimum will be amongst the rest and choose that"https://t.co/66EjvXrqEV

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

This game is rigged. How about a nice game of chess?https://t.co/V18DlJVxJf

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

I reject your narrative and substitute my own.

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

*murmurs sweet nothings about the system*https://t.co/WzCpEHemdE

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

“Listen to What’s Being Whispered, not What’s Being Said” @TaylorPearsonMe https://t.co/qzM5z7GTT1Psst, harvest baboon organs.

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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https://t.co/GoPSRjKWqB

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Anything you can do, I can do better.I can harvest baboon organs better than you.https://t.co/8ZtM29FlQI

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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"there is an entire flock of potential preeners, who compete in hopes of establishing a beneficial relationship" https://t.co/BtKvPAi2Y8

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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A metagame about the game. A game within a game. Games all the way down. Games at level N, Games played at level N+1https://t.co/eub8SF9PIn

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Have you tried playing a sufficient number of games so you can recognize the metagame signature for the Problem?

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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This replacement pattern is gold:s/Candy Crush/Our current popular economic system/https://t.co/8qjugRs8Cm

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 10 years ago

"billions of dollars [...] dependent on a relatively small number of people who just can’t stop playing Candy Crush" https://t.co/PTp2ATtmZE

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Our current economic system:s/used/influenced by/s/played/operated under/s/video games|games/ideologies/https://t.co/rRDpJYzimh

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

"can see that freemium game developers are incentivised to try to cause addictive responses"https://t.co/fqQAUjygn8 https://t.co/PNvLyZ8XJW

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10/7/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Shall we play a game?https://t.co/SBQmKudEQm

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10/8/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Games played at object-level for the sake of winning the games played at the meta level. Game design?: meta-meta.https://t.co/9Adc1PKthe

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10/8/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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The game is changing. The metagame has spoken.https://t.co/tXzjj8zyA3

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10/9/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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"Of course, the game does not always works so smoothly in practice. How do the children play this game?"https://t.co/nBIsbfsxBD https://t.co/wgxfxau8xj

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10/12/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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I don't care what side you are on. You can't fight a ill fitting system by playing the same game. You have to change the game.

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11/8/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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"When evidence piles up that contradicts the paradigm, a science sometimes needs to go through the painful process…"https://t.co/mZMOa020JA https://t.co/thjoaLvA09

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11/19/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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"this unification game, as integral as it may be to science, is also antithetical to it in the long run"https://t.co/MlS6yDvSrb https://t.co/ZKaAuzqyKj

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11/19/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Is economics a science? Or has it become just a posturing game we play to appease the gods of reputation so that we stay fed?

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11/19/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Do you know what object level you are playing at?https://t.co/k83aBmcE2f

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11/26/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Guys, maybe it's time for some metagame theory?

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12/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Ratchet up the levels of abstraction until you are far enough outside of the game that you can see the metagame.https://t.co/NNWPVb0XEk

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

"During this unleashing, there was a need for a theoretical & ideological cover. So, I don't blame my fellow economists..."

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12/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I've seen this pattern before. Why does prestige feedback into institutions with unintended rent seeking?https://t.co/i6ORFLqo3D

UltimApe@ultimape• about 10 years ago

College in nutshell:My best prof. quit & my worst prof. was on accreditation panel reviewing other colleges. https://t.co/o3IsnDV19z

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12/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Is it structural? Is this "unwanted evolution" an aspect of how we spacially provision our networks & culture?https://t.co/6LkZEVuu7n https://t.co/QBLuwRWNsI

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12/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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"And when every aspect of the game is suggesting the way you play it, it becomes effortless..."https://t.co/HsGMu1LEEv

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1/26/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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"…take strategic considerations into account, there is a game-theoretic rationale for practically fucking anything"https://t.co/J0HSXOqqfu

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3/15/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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So many start playing the game of life thinking that they're going to win. There is no winning. However I think that might be a way to lose.

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9/28/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Solitaire is playing games with your future self.https://t.co/2CIxa33WJd

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12/3/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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What is a game anyway?https://t.co/l8UpaD32rK https://t.co/467WQArtrH

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12/3/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Its only a game, its not real?! Its only a game...https://t.co/0rdmftWzRE

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12/3/2017