In games with multiple, Pareto-rankable equilibria and repeated play, does a history of playing an inefficient equilibrium make it harder for the players to reach the efficient equilibrium? In other words, can people ‘get stuck’ in bad equilibria? Using variants of the stag hunt, previous studies have found support for this, but they have relied on naturally occurring variation in precedent. I ...

Honoring a living will typically involves treating an incompetent patient in accord with preferences she once had, but whose objects she can no longer understand. How do we respect her "precedent autonomy" by giving her what she used to want? There is a similar problem with "subsequent consent": How can we justify interfering with someone's autonomy on the grounds that she will later consent to...

When a musical session is performed via the network, it is necessary to interact in real time; however, there is the problem of delay, and the time lag between the musical notes may become an impediment. For this problem, we propose a new protocol for a musical session called Mutual Anticipated Session (M.A.S.), which is a type of ensemble that controls the timing of the sounds and composes mus...