Smartphone use changes the landscape of social interactions, including introducing new social dilemmas to daily life. The challenge of putting down one's smartphone is an example of a classic coordination problem from game theory: the stag hunt game. In a stag hunt game, there are two possible coordination points, one that involves big payoffs for both partners (e.g., working together to hunt large game like stag) and one that involves smaller payoffs for both partners (e.g., individually hunting small game like rabbits) but is safer because it does not require that your partner choose that option as well. This is similar to the challenges of putting down smartphones to have a face‐to‐face interaction: you and your interaction partner might both prefer the higher payoff option of having a face‐to‐face interaction, but neither of you wants to put down your phone and risk not having anything to do in the meantime. It is also discussed how new technological innovations are changing the payoffs of face‐to‐face conversation versus side‐by‐side smartphone scrolling. Insights that come from applying game theory to this “social media dilemma” are discussed here and potential solutions that come out of a game theoretic analysis are offered. Also see the video abstract here https://youtu.be/9esL578zM‐E

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智能手机会给面对面的互动带来协调问题吗？利用博弈论来理解和解决智能手机的困境。

智能手机的使用改变了社交互动的格局，包括在日常生活中引入了新的社交困境。放下智能手机的挑战是博弈论中经典协调问题的一个例子：雄鹿狩猎游戏。在雄鹿狩猎游戏中，有两个可能的协调点，一个涉及两个伙伴的丰厚收益（例如，共同努力捕捞雄鹿等大型游戏），另一个涉及两个伙伴的较小收益（例如，单独狩猎诸如兔子），但更安全，因为它不需要您的伴侣也选择该选项。这类似于将智能手机放下进行面对面互动的挑战：您和您的互动伙伴都可能更喜欢面对面互动的更高回报选择，但你们两个都不愿意放下电话，并且冒着与此同时无事可做的风险。还讨论了新技术创新如何改变面对面对话与并排智能手机滚动的收益。本文讨论了将博弈论应用于这种“社交媒体困境”的见解，并提供了从博弈论分析中得出的潜在解决方案。另请参见此处的视频摘要https://youtu.be/9esL578zM‐E 本文讨论了将博弈论应用于这种“社交媒体困境”的见解，并提供了从博弈论分析中得出的潜在解决方案。另请参见此处的视频摘要https://youtu.be/9esL578zM‐E 本文讨论了将博弈论应用于这种“社交媒体困境”的见解，并提供了从博弈论分析中得出的潜在解决方案。另请参见此处的视频摘要https://youtu.be/9esL578zM‐E