Game Theory War and Middle East Peace

Excerpts from Robert John Aumann's lecture "Middle Eastern Games" which includes his Nobel prize speech about game theory applied to conflict, only with a specific look at the Israeli-Arab conflict.
To see his entire lecture click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJAFRF75OVA

To read his Nobel prize speech click here:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2005/aumann-lecture.pdf

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[Kurtlane]

Another very interesting analysis along the same lines is article "A SHORT GUIDE TO BAZAAR NEGOTIATIONS" by Moshe Sharon.

Politics (including war) as a Middle Eastern Bazaar.

Google and read it.

[Joniversity]

@Kurtlane Thanks for the tip. Reading it now. It's GR8! (yes i know i'm 2 moths over due but i'm a busy guy :-) )

[Nasiruddin84]

Is there any possibility to elect this guy as president of a unified global republic? He's fucking awesome!

[Joniversity]

@Nasiruddin84 He sure is, and he's also Jewish so it'll fit nicely with the NWO conspiracy thing :-)

Unfortunately many of his lectures are in Hebrew (he teaches in the Hebrew university). I translated one (/watch?v=8WfBfEN1hzQ). Maybe, when i'll have the time (translating is tedious) i'll put up more, but many are reluctant to see lectures in Hebrew.

[Nasiruddin84]

@Joniversity

Thx for your excellent work, man!

[Joniversity]

@Nasiruddin84 :-)

[Kurtlane]

@Joniversity, you are very welcome.

[ig88bc]

@Joniversity I swear the NWO people are probably some of the dumbest out there. Any absence of fact to support their wild claims? Obviously they were covered up to hide us from the TRUTH. Facts? Who needs those anyone with "common sense" can figure this stuff out! Evidence? Why, its widely available!(but I will not show you any)

[Kurtlane]

Sorry, but this spark of sanity is too lonely. There is too much madness out there. There will never be peace.

[Kurtlane]

Hey, this is pretty good. One spark of sanity in an insane world.

One very important phrase that he mentions briefly at 5:30, "Selfish behavior that will be punished if it is carried out."

And is it punished? Is Arab terror and all sorts of other shenanigans punished? No, it's encouraged. The more terror and nonsense, the more the whole world loves them and supports their cause. The more money into their pocket. So why should they stop?

(cont.)