Are games merely entertainment, or are they the hidden architects of our reality?
In short: Neuroscientist and physicist Kelly Clancy explores how games function as powerful tools for learning, forecasting, and understanding human behavior. This talk examines the profound influence of gaming across history, science, and politics, questioning what occurs when the boundary between play and reality begins to dissolve.
Recorded at the Royal Institution on 15 June 2024, this presentation traces the evolution of games from the Enlightenment to the present day. Clancy investigates how gaming frameworks have shaped diverse fields, including military strategy, biology, artificial intelligence, and neuroscience.
The discussion highlights how war games influenced real-world conflicts throughout nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe and how game theory has fundamentally altered our grasp of human behavior. By examining these intersections, Clancy illustrates how games have left a lasting mark on modern technology, economics, and democratic structures.
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