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FBI probes insect attack on Democratic breakfast in Chicago (www.usatoday.com)

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Chicago Police and the FBI are investigating if saboteurs placed bugs in a breakfast buffet prepared for delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.

"Multiple unknown female offenders are alleged to have entered a building...and began placing unknown objects onto tables containing food," the convention's information center said in a statement. "The offenders are believed to have then left the area. One victim was treated and released on-scene. Along with CPD, FBI-Chicago is assisting in the investigation."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't ask for your answer, I asked for your opinion. I already knew that you didn't have the answer. Nether do I.

Amen.

I do, however, have a great love for game theory, and game theory tells me that there's only one correct decision to make where voting in the USA in 2024 is concerned.

Any recommendations for game theory resources? I've been putting it off for a while.

I hope this doesn't come across as condescending. I don't mean it that way but people often tell me I'm being condescending.

Don't you just hate it when that happens? I've been there so many times. I feel you.

I wish you all the best in life. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you in any way, and don't hesitate to reach out if you want a conversational partner or a sympathetic ear. I'm always open to discussing the world with intelligent people.

Will do. This honestly means the world because I don't have a lot of players in my court.

If you're interested in communal living or alternative lifestyles (at it pertains to anarchist communities), I'm happy to help there, as well. I think I still have some friends that know folx at Emma Goldman Finishing School in Seattle. Admittedly, I don't know if they're looking for any new members right now, but I'd be happy to put a word in for you.

Unfortunately, I'm kinda stuck on the "poor grad student" path. Got oodles of loans to pay off, but I also got tons of new tools and solutions to technical problems ~~that I'll likely never be allowed to work on~~. IMO I'd be more useful paying their bail funds as a successful engineer than living there and being a nuisance...because I am a nuisance to live with lol. I dormed for a few semesters and I can count on two hands the number of times I ever talked to my suitemates or neighbors, and one of them was a really nice dude.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry for my delay in response. I try to limit the amount of time I spend on social media as it can be harmful to my mental health.

As for good game theory resources, it's going to somewhat depend on your existing math literacy. I'm going to paste a list (below) that I'd found on reddit when I was first exploring game theory about 10 years ago. I haven't read all of the suggestions.

The following are three foundational works in the development of game theory:

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, Oskar Morgenstern and John Von Neumann (THE seminal text)

A Theory of Justice, John Rawls (an early political application of game theory)

Convention, David Lewis (a philosophy-heavy investigation of rationality and sociality)

These are four widely-respected contemporary surveys of the subject, listed in descending order of complexity:

Game Theory and the Social Contract, Ken Binmore (anything by Ken Binmore is worthwhile).

Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments in Strategic Interaction, Colin Camerer (perhaps the definitive work on behavior economics)

Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely (introductory)

Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction, Morton Davis (introductory)

I also recommend checking out MIT's OpenCourseWare game theory polisci course. I found it quite interesting.

Will do. This honestly means the world because I don’t have a lot of players in my court.

I do mean it. I'm not always fast to reply, but I'm around if you ever want to have a chat about anything! The grad student path seems like a worthwhile pursuit and I wish you all the best with it! As for the social aspect, I can relate, certainly. I was pretty unsure that things would work out when I set out to try alternative living systems in my early 20s. Being around like-minded people ended up being extremely valuable for my social skills, in the end.

Maybe when you're done with your coursework you can investigate the opportunities available. I lived for a while in a co-op house in upstate New York that would have been perfect for a young professional. Private rooms with common spaces and a nightly shared meal. Communal chores to be done, but income was not shared. Members had to have their own incomes.