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№ 30 | Security Games, Defining Intelligence & Iteration, Rapoport’s Rules, and the Decider App

Stephen P. Anderson

Mar 31, 2023 — 2 min read

Security games

Where's the emoji for ✨gOLd✨mInE?✨! Here's a page maintained by Adam Shostack “a leading expert on threat modeling” that lists a bunch of security related card games. And… via this thread (which led me to the link above) are more such games, including Cyber Threat Defender and Data Breach.

Now, I just need a weekend to go through all these games!!

What is intelligence?

At this point, I’d prefer we stop casually referring to things as Artificial Intelligence, and instead embrace more accurate terms: LLM, SALAMI, PSE (👈 great post, BTW). Don’t label things that aren’t intelligent as intelligence. But then… along comes this post, asking us to reconsider what is intelligence. Ugh. I’m going to put this article in the love / hate category. Why? Because if we, as the post asks, accept a “biological view of thought embraces many nonhuman ways of thinking” then… does our resulting definition of thinking include the nonhuman? “If a pond can think, what else can think? Where are we going to draw the line?” 🤨 😬

Speaking of words and their meanings….

‘Iterate’

Here's a nice deep dive into the various understandings (or misunderstandings?) of what, exactly, is meant by the word iterate, when used in the context of product teams. 😜

Rapoport’s rules

These “4 Steps to De-Escalate Arguments” felt so familiar I had to look up the HEAR model I shared on Nov 11th (which also referenced the near ubiquitous ‘listening triangle’ used in mediation). Yes, this is quite similar, but…different? Here are the 4 steps the article unpacks:

Rule #1: Explain the other person’s position clearly, vividly, and justly
Rule #2: Mention anything you’ve learned
Rule #3: List the points on which you agree
Rule #4: Only now make a critique or refutation

Making group decisions

I had hoped for an actual app, but… The Decider App is a step in this direction. Basically, it's an explanation of eight decision making models, from the autocratic to the stochastic to… (just check it out!). As the site declares:

Decide Better Together There are lots of group decision-making models. Explore each and find one that works well for your group's needs and circumstance.

№ 83 | Stop Project 2025 Comics, Future for All: A vision for 2048, eyeConnect Cards, The Rule Book, and the Effects of Geography on Voting

This edition of the newsletter comes a couple days later than usual, but for a wonderful reason—I spent 5 days last week playing board games with my friends at BGG Con. 🎲 🤩 Next issue will resume the normal Sunday schedule! 🥸Reminder: If you're participating in the Create A

№ 82 | Pebble Talk, The Mood Meter, 3 Styles of Play, A Convection Simulation, an Electoral College Simulation, and What If America Had 6 Political Parties?

📍In case you missed it… Throughout November, I’m hosting another Creative Challenge: Create A Real Life Character Sheet. About 15 people have signed up so far, and there’s space for a few more folks—you should join us! Pebble Talk Here’s a way to avoid awkward small

Creative Challenge #3: Create A Real Life Character Sheet

Welcome, new readers. From time to time, I organize “Creative Challenges,” that fit with the whole “playful things to think with” theme. Previously, there was a One Card Serious Game Challenge, followed by the Make a Zine Challenge. I hadn’t planned on doing another Creative Challenge until next year

№ 81 | Scientific Papers as Comic Strips, 52 Things About Cards, Thermodynamics Cards, Collaborative Place Futures Toolkit, and Why The Work is Never Just “The Work”

✉️Look for 2 extra special emails heading your way, later this week! 1/ The promised print-and-play Zombie Leadership cards. 2/ An announcement about our next Creative Challenge… Scientific Papers as Comic Strips Yes! Comics as things to think with. Here’s an interview with Kanaka Rajan, who uses “narrative illustrations