Game Theory

In college I had a really great game theory class. It was run by grad students who were using us as lab rats. One of the things I learned about myself is that I will fight vehemently to win every battle, even if it means losing the war. I was an anomaly in the class. Everybody else wanted to win the war; I wanted to win the battles. Perhaps it ties into my lack of patience or my need for immediate gratification. It's hard to say really, but the grad students kept looking at me funny for continuing with my behavior. Surely, they hypothesized, if you know you will lose the big game, you will change your behavior. Surely not if you are me! That's what I loved about economics, you base whole theories on the way people behave and then people don't behave that way.

I'm remembering all this now because I'm wondering if I'm heading down that path now. It seems that when push comes to shove, I still want to win the battles, the war be damned!