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Fair Division: Game Theory and The Batman

In game theory you do not trust someone because they are your friend. You trust them because it is in their self-interest to help you.

Now, that you have all seen The Dark Knight, please take a closer look at the games of the Joker.

The Dark Knight and Game Theory --

The Joker's final act as criminal mastermind and agent of nihilism (or, seemingly, to show Gotham city that we are all Homo Economicus when the structure of the game forces us to be) involves two ferries filled with people. The first ferry is filled with normal, law abiding citizens while the second ferry is filled with the population of Gotham Prison. The Joker, doing so without prior knowledge of the passengers and city officials, wired the ships with powerful explosives such that their explosion would destroy the entire ship and everyone aboard. No single individual is allowed to escape. Each ship is given a detonator for the other ferry. The use of the detonator saves the ship while killing everyone aboard the opposing ship.
Game Theory in The Dark Knight: A Critical Review of the Opening Scene (Spoilers) --

Fair division is about understanding incentives and strategic thought. How can you trust self-interested people? How can you achieve cooperative outcomes with diametrically opposed motives? Such ideas have been applied to important areas such as nuclear disarmament and labor negotiations. But they are even applicable to mundane situations, like dividing up restaurant bills fairly.

More Game Theory:

How to dominate the world and hack any conversation with hand-drawn maps and Batman-skills -- all from the rooftops in New York.

Hand Drawn Map Association --

The maps range from quick scribbles of neighborhoods to detailed drawings of cities, sometimes accompanied by a story explaining how and why the map was made.

[via] also, check out this one.
A Brief Guide to World Domination --
1. The Two Most Important Questions in the Universe
2. Why Ruling and Changing the World are Interrelated
3. The Clear Alternative to Being Unremarkably Average
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Dark Knight Shift: Why Batman Could Exist -- But Not for Long

To be Batman properly, what you really need to do is be exceptionally good at many different things. It's when you take all the pieces and put them together that you get the Batman.
Pictures of Rooftops in NYC
Top 10 Conversation Hacks --

A whole lot more than just words passes between people who are talking, so a few simple conversational skills can help you recognize what's really being said and help you lead the discussion your way. Learn how to read body language and facial expressions, de-code euphemisms, ask sensitive questions, criticize constructively, get what you want in negotiations, cut off chatterboxes, ...

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