[fscaramuzza]

Thank you very much, now I want to play Universal Paperclips so bad.

https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/

[cpach]

Yeah, IMHO that’s one of the funniest and best computer games ever. For those who haven’t played it, I can warmly recommend it.

[mlyle]

I assign it as homework in my microeconomics class.

[CobrastanJorji]

There must be some point before the game ends where it must surely transition to macroeconomics homework.

[tomcam]

Deep cut

[contingencies]

First clip's free: An historical drama new to Netflix exploring a parallel historical reality in which all socialist revolutions are pre-empted with funding and covert support by agents of a shady dynasty of paperclip industrialists.

[tomcam]

Well I'm sold!

[cpach]

Cool! How do the students react? :)

[mlyle]

Generally the whole senior class gets addicted to it; other faculty wonder about what's up with this paperclip game... maybe about a third of students take it not just through "monopoly" (the assignment) but to the very end.

So much of what we talk about in micro is in there; price and profit maximization; market power and monopoly; game theory; production possibilities increasing through technology; etc.

[ben_bai]

it's like 6h when you know what you are doing :-)