tamasoma¯ jyotirgamaya: Seeking the Self Amidst Covids’ Cytokine Cyclones

Abstract

Pondering on pandemics and the promise of purification
from the plethora of problems that it has spawned, the paper builds
on a game-theoretic model of host–pathogen interaction, and... moves
beyond. It highlights how quickly this ‘wicked’ problem has led to deceptive
Nash equilibria of certain information-asymmetric games as well as
their sequels of more complex intertwined games at human scale but
without an exit strategy in sight. In the absence of clarity (e.g., access
to complete information) and yet facing a capricious and complex conspirator,
we overview an exemplary solution, created by RxCovea, and
examine how it might help.