An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Game of Go and a Brief Presentation of the Recent Win of Alphago
An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Game of Go and a Brief Presentation of the Recent Win of Alphago

Summary/Abstract: Many things in life have the same foundation and basically follow the same principles: coexistence, acceptance of the others, life, death, balance, victory, etc. Understanding these concepts in a particular context can help us understand them in another one as well. After a brief presentation of games, of Go and its connection to game theory, based on the idea mentioned above, I wanted to show that there are many similarities between Go on one side – a game that is being played for thousands of years, so complex, that it hasn’t been solved yet – and on the other one economics and business. Since proverbs generally capture the essence of things and say general truths, I chose a few Go proverbs and interpreted them in a context that is connected to the chosen topic, in order to demonstrate that these proverbs can be considered guidelines not only in the game of Go, but also in economics and business-situations. Such an example would be the following: “Clarity of goal is essential for knowing what to sacrifice”. Just as when playing Go it’s important to know what you want, so that you can use the resources you have to achieve your goal, it is the same in the business world: if you don’t really know your goal, then you have no chance to actually reach it.

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