Now, the idea of the Nash equilibrium is that by altering one’s own behavior from maximizing for yourself regardless of the strategy of others, you can get a solution that is better to everyone. Compare this to a soccer match. If both teams play against each other, they have to run around like idiots for 2 * 45 minutes, eventually possibly having one team or the other score more goals. If they just agree that soccer sucks (it’s almost part of the name anyway), and go out for a couple cold ones, they both get a draw, but have instead a nice time for an hour and a half. […]
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