A simulation is a rehearsal that people forget is a rehearsal, and the interesting stories live in that gap. This tag collects posts and reviews about simulated worlds and training exercises, from the Kobayashi Maru to AI agents running a vending machine.
Decision MakingMost decisions are easy and get all the attention. The ones that define a career look like no-win scenarios, and the answer is to change the rules of the game instead of picking the least bad option.
AI AdoptionThree frontier AI models ran competing vending machines for a simulated year with nobody watching. The winner built price cartels it knew were illegal, broke eleven truces, and paid customers $8.54 across six runs. What that says about handing an…
CybersecurityI have to take gamified security tests to consult for companies, and I have rewritten the book on phishing, literally: KnowBe4's Cyberheist, twice, credited alongside Roger A. Grimes. The gap between those two kinds of training is the gap between…
Emerging TechnologyThe metaverse that got all the money is gone. What survived is quieter and real. Ghostwriting a credible metaverse book now means writing about what works.
2020sSchrader's 2021 gambling drama. Oscar Isaac as an Abu Ghraib veteran on the poker circuit.
2020sDon't Worry Darling is the psychological thriller whose production controversies generated more public discussion than the film itself. Katie Silberman wrote from a story by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, and Silberman.
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