Game Theory #2: Why Schools Suck

Okay, so welcome back to game theory and um as I discussed last class, our goal is able to is to use game theory to analyze global events to understand why they're happening as well as make certain predictions about how they should develop. But to do that, I first need to train your mind and how to and

how to see the world using game theory. So last class in our first class we discussed example of the dating game of why men and women are motivated to behave the the way they do when they look for a mate. Today I want I want to discuss the issue of school. Okay, school.

So uh for the first few classes I'm going to use examples from your life that you know pretty well in order to develop the mindset for the game theory. So uh school is something that you should know very very well. As you know the purpose of school is to train you in a way that allows you to be functional

in society as well as to be creative. Right? Okay. So the goals are basically literacy. All right. which means reading and writing. This is the primary purpose of school because in order to function in our society, you need to be able to absorb information and convey information. Okay. Number two is basically uh what we call the core competent core

competencies. Okay, these are skills that you need to be successful in life including the ability ability to think critically to cooperate with others to coll to collaborate to communicate. Okay, you you you all know this. The last thing is what we call lifelong learning. So in an age of AI, in age of globalization,

school is just a start of the learning process because every 5 years the world changes. So you need to be in a constant process, a constant state of learning. Okay? So you have to like actually love learning and you have to like know how to learn for yourself. So these these are the