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Benjamin Polak: Auctions and the Winner’s Curse

Michael — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:40:57 +0000

This is the last lecture of the game theory lecture series by Benjamin Polak at Yale. The topic for this lecture is auctions.

(Even though it is the last one, you can easily understand it without watching the entire series.)

Michael — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:05:03 +0000

Laurie Santos explains how other monkeys show the same irrationality as humans when it comes to financial decisions (filmed at TED2010)

Michael — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:20:07 +0000

Adam Savage explains why the Mythbusters won’t do RFID.

Michael — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:43:43 +0000

Al Franken talks about net neutrality at the 2010 Netroots conference. The good part starts at about 20:00.

Michael — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:37:35 +0000

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh talks about his company’s philosophy of maximizing customer experience.

Michael — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:33:51 +0000

Gary Vaynerchuk gave this unconventional talk at RailsConf 2010.

Michael — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:37:23 +0000

This “Story Of Stuff Project” presentation focuses on bottled water.

Michael — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:35:34 +0000

This Yale lecture by Benjamin Polak gives you a basic idea in Plain English about Game Theory.

Michael — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:36:42 +0000

Simen Sinek talks about the importance of "Why?"
(Filmed as TEDxPudget Sound).

Michael — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:45:54 +0000

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos delivered the Baccalaureate address at Princeton University.

Introduction by Shirley M. Tilghman. The speech starts at 6:20.