Game Theory

 I liked The Matrix - it was one of those movies which changed the way people thought... the way people see things.
But I never understood why their robot army would fill their ranks with old men.
It would make more sense if their army was made up of kids who fought wars with robots run by remote gaming controllers.

Games are serious business. (About $25 bn a year.)
By using cell phones and gaming controllers, today's kids use their thumbs as much (or more) as we used our index fingers a generation earlier.
Maybe the way we create game environments are a more accurate model of the Universe than what we previously could imagine.
Maybe the method of leveling up is a good model of how we learn and adapt in real life.

As long as I can remember, I've always had nightmares.
People say that if one dies in his dreams that he would also die in real life.
But this is not true.
All that happens is that one just 'wakes up' in another dream (Kind of like changing the channel on ones television.).
But by watching movies like The Matrix or playing games against my young cousins - I've developed a new arsenal of moves and weapons.
I'm usually aware that I'm only dreaming, but now I have the ability to 'reset' any unwanted outcome without having to suffer any harm.
This 'reset' is what people who don't focus on past failures do.
These people have always thought in gaming terms - even before games were developed.

Apparently, games are changing the way we think and function.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/4179/the-game-changers?page=0%2C0.