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Episode Appearances
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · Apr 10, 2026
The Lovestruck Explorer's Deadly Guessing Game
“Author of 'The Strategy of Conflict' (1960); framework of coordination games and focal points used to analyze Burke expedition's communication failure.”
Coordination games and focal points in decision-makingCommunication breakdown in remote expeditionsProject management failures and cascading errors
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StarTalk Radio · Jan 23, 2026
What Everyone Knows You Know with Steven Pinker
“Political scientist and economist; originator of common knowledge concept; cited for Manhattan couple coordination example”
Common Knowledge TheorySocial Coordination MechanismsNonverbal Communication and Signaling
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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Sep 29, 2025
330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information
“Economist whose 1969 segregation model forms theoretical foundation for Törnberg's platform polarization research”
Agent-Based Modeling in Social ScienceEcho Chambers and Political PolarizationPlatform Algorithm Design and Effects
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