Skill Vs. Luck

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June 07, 2015

You score a royal flush in poker!  Do you credit your skill? Or luck?  We talk with a poker champion, a game designer, an investment banker and a choreographer about how to untangle skill from luck.  And how to use both to win.

Gambling with 100% Skill

Random balls? Or skill grab?
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Jason Rohrer is one of the top game designers in the world. So when the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act came out, he found a loophole. Turns out, its' not all internet gambling games that are against the law. It's only the ones that are subject to chance. He claims that his new online gambling game is all skill.  

Is There An Equation for Success?

The formula for success
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Want to be successful at gambling? How about sports? Investments? Michael Mauboussi is the Head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse and author of a book where he outlines “The Success Equation."

Choreographer Bill T. Jones on the Randomness of Musician John Cage

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Choreographer Bill T. Jones says that while many of us are trying to put more skill into our lives, his mentor, the musician John Cage, spent his life trying to do just the opposite. Jones says Cage’s music was often based on randomness and chance.

Poker Legend Annie Duke on Luck

poker
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In 2004, Anne Duke was in the final of the World Series of Poker. She won, but that's not the entire story. It's how she won that became legendary. 

Julie Schumacher on 'Elephant's Journey'

"The Elephant's Journey" by Julie Schumacher
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"Dear Committee Members" author Julie Schumacher recommends Portuguese Nobel Laureate José Saramago's retelling of a true tale.

Calculus of Love with John and Julie Gottman

Love calculus
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Psychologists John and Julie Gottman are famous for being able to predict with 94% accuracy whether a couple will break up, stay together unhappily, or stay together happily.

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June 07, 2015
February 14, 2016
May 14, 2017
June 23, 2018
September 07, 2019
October 01, 2022
Guests: 
Jason Rohrer

Jason Rohrer

Game Designer
hcsoftware.sourceforge.net
onehouronelife.com
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Michael Mauboussin

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Bill T. Jones

Dancer
newyorklivearts.org
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Annie Duke

Julie Schumacher

Julie Schumacher

Author
julieschumacher.com
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John Gottman

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Julie Gottman

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