About Implicit Games

Implicit Games shows how to avoid mistakes and identify opportunities that might otherwise be missed. It does so through the lens of game theory, a discipline that offers insight into situations of competition or cooperation – i.e., pretty much all of real life.

About Curt Monash

I spent 2 years as a public policy researcher and over 40 years (so far) around the technology industry. I was the #1 ranked stock analyst of the computer software/services industry. I’ve advised scores of companies at the CEO/founder level, from major successes (Oracle, AOL, Databricks, …) to abject failures. I’ve distilled some lessons along the way.

But before all that, I taught the Harvard math department’s first course in game theory. When the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, I dusted off my game theory skills to check if there was something I thought other folks were overlooking. (There was: See the second and fourth posts in this newsletter.)

Soon I realized: Almost all my work is influenced by game theory.

I want to share what I’ve learned.

Subscribe to Implicit Games

Game theory applied to real life

People

I've been an analyst of, consultant to, and participant in the technology industry for over 40 years. Before that, I taught and researched game theory.