I'm glad I've got you thinking in game terms Linebaugh
This show looks great
Actually speaking of games,
@Clinamenic have you read Mackenzie Wark's
Game Theory? That question goes out to everybody ofc, but if anyone has read a Verso author I'm putting my money on Stan
Also learned of Alexander Bogdanov from Wark.
Bogdanov seemed to be a systems thinker (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektology) and
may have even gone into the territory of game theory, perhaps before it was more established. Conjecture, of course, but it would seem in keeping with social systems theory.
I had thought tektology was more focused on social systems, i.e. bureaucracy, but I guess its more general than that.
I wonder if there is an established, systematic approach to understanding social organizations, comparing the hierarchical structures of different firms, different governments, etc, to see if there are any attractors or trends.
Another reason I think this kind of analysis would be interesting is that it may grant insight into the nature, such as it is, of bureaucracy, and such insight may enable us to better automate bureaucracy, i.e. rules of social organizations, via, say, smart contracts.
How does one behave differently in a bureaucratic environment, subject to rules that largely transcend the humans occupying the offices, etc.
Which isn't to imply that more pervasive oversight will necessarily yield net better results, even in single-bottom-line thinking. I still believe that mental health and happiness promise major net value added, just perhaps in ways that remain difficult to quantify in non-pervasive ways (i.e. without extensive biomonitoring, emotive facial recognition, etc).
The difficulty in quantifying these things may appear to leave more room for risk, thus resulting in weaker value propositions.