Beyond game theory
A board game with a small human illustrates how much emotions influence our decisions
6 min readJul 30, 2021
The other day, Jenny and I played a game of Ludo with Luka. Its rules are simple enough to make it quite suitable for a five-year-old, even though some more strategic aspects are a bit beyond him. What I didn’t expect was the way in which it would capture some essential aspects of how we…