http://www.startupdunia.com/technology/indians-are-privately-smart-and-publicly-dumb-652 Indian startups | Entrepreneurship | India Internet Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.startupdunia.com/technology/indians-are-privately-smart-and-publicly-dumb-652#comment-8822 pranav Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:45:12 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/indians-are-privately-smart-and-publicly-dumb/#comment-8822 thanks for the suggestion vijay..A first hand review definitely helps :-) thanks for the suggestion vijay..A first hand review definitely helps

]]> http://www.startupdunia.com/technology/indians-are-privately-smart-and-publicly-dumb-652#comment-8820 Vijay Ramachandran Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:42:13 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/indians-are-privately-smart-and-publicly-dumb/#comment-8820 The book was, at the end of the day, disappointing. It uses game theory to explain the behaviour of Indians. However, I felt that (1) it didn't delve at all into the motivations behind why Indians are so prone to fall into the prisoner's dilemma, and (2) seemed to be used as a hammer for every problem - "oh, this is clearly and easily explained by game theory" - it somehow feels shallow. On the whole, an interesting read, but should have been much better. The book was, at the end of the day, disappointing. It uses game theory to explain the behaviour of Indians. However, I felt that (1) it didn’t delve at all into the motivations behind why Indians are so prone to fall into the prisoner’s dilemma, and (2) seemed to be used as a hammer for every problem – “oh, this is clearly and easily explained by game theory” – it somehow feels shallow. On the whole, an interesting read, but should have been much better.

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