Full Idea
At the most abstract level, game theory is about tables with numbers in them - numbers that entities are are efficiently acting to maximise or minimise.
Gist of Idea
Formal game theory is about maximising or minimising numbers in tables
Source
William Poundstone (Prisoner's Dilemma [1992], 03 'Curve')
Book Reference
Poundstone,William: 'Prisoner's Dilemma' [OUP 1992], p.61
A Reaction
A brilliant idea. The question is the extent to which real life conforms to the numberical tables. The assumption that everyone is entirely self-seeking is blatantly false. Numbers like money have diminishing marginal utility.