Prisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb by John von Neumann, William Poundstone

3.84 AVERAGE

aqtbenz's review against another edition

4.0
This was fascinating, and a good change of pace from what I normally read. If only it weren’t so applicable to our current state of the world...

wilte's review

3.0
Bit of a mixed bag; on three related subjects (nucleair arms race, game theory, and Von Neumann). I liked the game theory part best, but would probably prefer a book only on that topic

See my Twitter thread https://twitter.com/wilte/status/1173167932182073344?s=19

laura_sorensen's review

4.0
Actually this was really interesting and accessible even for a non-math-brain like me. The parts about von Neumann and the pre-cold-war mindset were fascinating though some of the bits about the Bomb did drag. And I actually understood all of the parts about game theory :)

braddelong's review

5.0
inspiring reflective slow-paced