TEDxAmsterdam 2012 Kevin Slavin The History and Future of Luck

1. if you are selling dreams

1.1. we sell other dreams

1.2. little bit luck for everyone

1.3. happy to play lottery

1.3.1. just $5

1.4. its not gods plan

1.4.1. not totally random

1.4.2. you get maybe a little bit more than the average

1.5. luck promises

1.5.1. lotery

1.5.2. its how all games work

2. what are the forces engaging in games

2.1. 1 agon

2.1.1. competition

2.2. 2 ilynx

2.2.1. vertigp

2.3. 3 mimicry

2.4. 4 alea

2.4.1. waiting online for

2.4.2. roll the dice

3. teetotum

3.1. is a loophole

3.2. approach reaility of change

4. game of life

5. poker

5.1. when luck is involved

5.2. the better player wins

5.3. poker isn't about cards

6. black & white stones

6.1. calculate the incalculable

6.2. just make it in a model

6.2.1. Monte Carlo simulation

6.3. how can you do a perfect solitaire

7. beat the market

7.1. Edward Thorpe

8. everything shaped like luck

8.1. humans apply it

8.2. point of the lottery is not to know

8.3. all is solvable

8.4. you can map it

8.5. fortuna

8.5.1. hold on to the idea that something can be unkown

9. culture produces antibodies

9.1. cultures of change

10. drawing of random lot

10.1. luck

10.2. change

10.3. fortuna

11. when fortuna visits ship in storm

11.1. storm: angers god

11.2. it isn't random

11.3. who has angered gods

11.4. why is god mad at at the ship

12. 2 stones (hebrew priests)

12.1. urim & thummim

12.2. right & wrong

13. About

13.1. ...the author

13.1.1. Kevin Slavin

13.1.1.1. @slavin_fpo

14. botticelli

14.1. famous picture (birth of venus in spring)

14.2. painting is about wind?

14.2.1. ignore naked lady

14.2.2. italians called wind fortuna

14.2.2.1. 16th century sailing culture

14.2.2.2. prosperity

14.2.2.3. luck

14.3. venus point of view

15. legislated

15.1. controled

15.2. luck is endangered

15.3. lucky people

15.4. gods plan vs mans will

15.5. i make my own luck

15.6. culture of control

15.6.1. be controlable