p.1 Game theory studies how smart, ruthless people should act and interact in strategic settings.
p.1 Since the games that businesspeople play are both complicated and diverse, this book will provide you
with the intellectual tools necessary to recognize what kind of game you're playing, and, more important, to maximize your
payoff in any game you're in.
p.1-2 Most people care solely about themselves and everyone knows and accepts this.
p.2 Economists have devoted much thought to how you should play games of strategy, and these ideas, which
constitute game theory, influence the thinking of businesspeople, military strategists, and even biologists.
p.5 In game theory land people always act in their own self-interest, and consequently everyone lies whenever
lying serves their interests.
p.161 limited information has far more consequences for game players than just causing adverse selection.
