August 2009 Entries
While true to part of its sub-title (it is definitely short) this book leaves somewhat to be desired if you are looking for an "Introduction". Binmore is an expert in using Game Theory so in his book by that title, he definitely gets into the meat of actually applying game theory to real life. He talks about biological evolution, public airwave auctions and election politics. Unfortunately he dives into game theory far too fast and too deep for this to be a good introduction. A more appropri
In The World is Curved, David Smick responds to Thomas Friedman's assertion that the world is now flat. Smick asserts that globalization has so changed the macroeconomic game that the world is more curved now than ever. Events that once had predictable outcomes now seem to have consequences just beyond the horizon of what we can see. Smick interprets the world through the dual lens of capital flow and the entrepreneurial spirit.
I confess that it's been 2 months since I read this book so these notes are stale so I apologize. Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes, is a very fascinating read, although if you have read The User Illusion you will notice a great similarity between the books. In my opinion, Decoding was an easier read, albeit perhaps not as thorough as Illusion.