Ultimatum Game

Ultimatum Game shows what happens when everyone's best move collides with everyone else's. The result is rarely the best result.

The lesson of the game is that your move is never just your move. It changes what others will do next, which changes what your move was worth. Thinking one round deeper is the entire advantage.

Think of the student the night before the board exam, and the same student the morning after results. One believes time is an enemy; the other discovers it was only a mirror.

Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. Tomorrow will provide the test. It always does.