Game Theory #7: America's Game

This may be why paradoxically, the production of pop culture has been so vital to American power. In most societies, entertainment is not that important as a source of meaning as people have tradition and religion and custom. But in America, entertainment plays a bigger role than something people do in their free time. Because if society is a game, music, films and television provide a root of shared experiences to bridge such a diverse society, and up till recently these have all been able to leverage America's vast internal market to gain popularity at home, and then export worldwide. People in America need not believe in the same God, but they can watch the same shows, sing the same songs and read the same comics. This may be why the age of social media has been so damaging to American social life.

You can tell Professor Jiang really understands the macro level situation. This is the best breakdown of imperialism I have seen and he explains it all in such simple language. A true educator who wants to level out the learning/playing field and liberate regular people like all of us in the comments. This was what the internet was supposed to be for. I am really grateful to him.

If this guy had taught me in school, I'd have been running to class.

I can not believe how much I understand the world now from one lecture

It’s almost like every single historical topic we learned in school was missing a few central pieces to the puzzle, which prevented you to really understand what happened, why it happened and how it affected everything else. With each lecture it feels like I had so much of this info before but only now, with these few crucial pieces of the puzzle can I really start to see the full picture and make sense of it.

True power isn’t measured in armies or borders, it’s designing a game the world can’t win without you.

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I got goosebumps when he said "GAME RESET"

I caught more of this guys classes then I have my entire university career 😂

This professor‘s presentation is particularly effective because he consistently applies simple presentation techniques that unfortunately very few people follow. One is to tell the audience what you’re gonna tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them. In short he makes it easier to remember by repeating three times. Second, within each concept or topic he’s breaking the argument down to no more than three points. More than that would tax our concentration. Third, he explains at a high school level (even though some terminology is more advanced and specialized), which makes it even easier to reach adults. Fourth (see I broke the rules already), these concepts are compelling, humanistic and spoken to eager ears in the most teachable moment. His genius: know the subject, care about the learner’s needs, and show enthusiasm. One of those high IQ people who can explain things simply. A true study in effective presentations.