John and Alicia Nash, 1928,1933-2015

Post by timtadh » Tue, May 26, 2015, 2:20 PM UTC

Litost wrote: post #6

I've only had a cursory introduction to Nash's work through brief flirtations with game theory, but this is the best explanation i've found so far on Nash's Equilibrium which i still remember vividly for highlighting why a "Socially Optimal Solution" is pretty rare in real life [1] (apologies in advance to the ted-talk averse). Has anyone got any other good pointers to examples of his work? P.S. Can anyone recommend…

Post by cle » Tue, May 26, 2015, 2:57 PM UTC

newman8r wrote: post #3

We can all get rich but to make such a profound and lasting contribution is something more people should open themselves to the idea of doing. Just like anything else it takes hard work and a deep interest - but I believe any person is capable of making these contributions if they do the work, but there's this deep apprehension and notion you need to be a biological genius to do so. Imagine what the great innovators…

Post by newman8r » Tue, May 26, 2015, 9:29 PM UTC

pron wrote: post #4

newman8r wrote: post #3

We can all get rich but to make such a profound and lasting contribution is something more people should open themselves to the idea of doing. Just like anything else it takes hard work and a deep interest - but I believe any person is capable of making these contributions if they do the work, but there's this deep apprehension and notion you need to be a biological genius to do so. Imagine what the great innovators…

> We can all get rich but to make such a profound and lasting contribution is something more people should open themselves to the idea of doing. I think both of these things -- getting rich and making a profound contribution to humanity -- are very hard, require a lot of luck, and will be achieved by precious few no matter how hard you try. That doesn't mean people shouldn't try, of course.