Comment by dempedempe
6 hours ago
Saying that von Neumann was one of the first game theorists undersells it.
He wrote the original book on game theory! The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with Oskar Morgenstern.
Relatedly, MAD was his conception as well.
> He wrote the original book on game theory!
I always found it endearing that von Neumann loved playing poker with friends but was admittedly terrible at it, regularly losing money.