Sunday 20th May, 2012

With Andy having fled the country, Will is joined by Trevor Wood to talk about Nash equilibria, reputation-based currency, and the 16th-century tulip bubble. (They will try to avoid discussing Diplomacy too much.)

You may remember Trevor from his Season 2 appearance on mathematics and mathematicians.

• von Neumann
• John Nash
• Tulip mania
• @dcurtis on SpaceX and Instagram
• 2010 Flash Crash (do not confuse)
• Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom
• How Bitcoin works
• beenz
• Swatch .beats
• golden balls. the weirdest split or steal ever!
• Buy tickets for our screening of Prometheus at the Arts Picturehouse. Come heckle us in the flesh!

Tracklist

• The Hives – Supply and Demand
• Battles – Wall Street
• I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
• Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
• R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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