Thomas Schelling on TVO 4pm this afternoon

On Saturday, BIG IDEAS features Thomas Schelling, the 2005 Nobel Prize winner in Economics. He shared in the award for his application of “game theory” to everything from labour negotiations to military strategies. His talk offers a series of arguments defending ‘rational choice ‘ theory, a view of human behaviour which claims that individuals choose what they believe best suits their interests.

On Sunday, we welcome back Simon Winchester, a journalist, writer and a spectacular lecturer. This is encore presentations of his talk based on his book The Meaning of Everything. At the time when Wikipedia serves as a contemporary model of how knowledge is “constructed” , it’s worth knowing about how similar principles were put to use in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.

BIG IDEAS airs on TVOntario every Saturday and Sunday at 4:00 pm

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