(IMPORTANT NOTE: for obvious reasons, the meetup for Thomas Schelling Appreciation Day this year is on the following Saturday.)
In 2005, game theorist Thomas Schelling won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for finding a way you can meet up with your friends in New York City even if your phone is dead. We can no longer thank him directly for this discovery, but on this day, let us still apply it; gather with our friends; and celebrate him.
This year, there will be a meetup on the Saturday after the obvious date, at the obvious time, in the obvious place in your city. If you go to the obvious date+time+place, and there is at least one other person there for the same reason, you have met up, so you have found the meetup! (A city might, of course, have multiple meetups.)
I will attend thea Seattle TSAD meetup. Things worth preparing for if you successfully attend mine:
Sing-along: Upon the obvious signal, we will sing the obvious song. You know the one.
Bring a thing: bring a small object that fits in a pocket or purse. I'll have a prize for the largest group of people who bring ~identical things (in my judgement).
BMOB: If you bring the same book as me, I'll reimburse you for it (up to what I paid for my copy).
I'll have a few other game-theoretically-interesting activities too, such as a game co-authored by, among others, Nash and Shapley.
And remember, each person can only attend their first Thomas Schelling Appreciation Day once. Try not to spoil it for them.
Godspeed.
(P.S.: there are compelling reasons for local organizers to nail down at least a specific date. If you want to play this on hard mode, you should think about what date TSAD obviously is before you see any e.g. Meetup.com events.)
(IMPORTANT NOTE: for obvious reasons, the meetup for Thomas Schelling Appreciation Day this year is on the following Saturday.)
In 2005, game theorist Thomas Schelling won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for finding a way you can meet up with your friends in New York City even if your phone is dead. We can no longer thank him directly for this discovery, but on this day, let us still apply it; gather with our friends; and celebrate him.
This year, there will be a meetup on the Saturday after the obvious date, at the obvious time, in the obvious place in your city. If you go to the obvious date+time+place, and there is at least one other person there for the same reason, you have met up, so you have found the meetup! (A city might, of course, have multiple meetups.)
I will attend
thea Seattle TSAD meetup. Things worth preparing for if you successfully attend mine:And remember, each person can only attend their first Thomas Schelling Appreciation Day once. Try not to spoil it for them.
Godspeed.
(P.S.: there are compelling reasons for local organizers to nail down at least a specific date. If you want to play this on hard mode, you should think about what date TSAD obviously is before you see any e.g. Meetup.com events.)
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