Cristian Mitreanu
@cristianmitreanu.bsky.social
Building the human strategist platform Ofmos Universe and its four key experiential pillars: OFMOS® (games, simulations), Spointra™ (book, character, future AI teacher), BizBigPic™ (foundational course), and RedefiningStrategy™ (toolkit, consulting).
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OFMOS® Essential | (Un)serious Game of Success | Handcrafted, Signed, Numbered | Limited 99 Edition — available right now. www.etsy.com/listing/1821...
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What if one model could realistically predict the economy of an entire country? The entire world? A month-long working group, co-organized by SFI External Professor @doynefarmer.bsky.social, made the case that agent-based models may bring this vision to life:
Agent-based models move into the economic mainstream
In the 1980s and ’90s, SFI played laboratory to a promising new method known as agent-based modeling. In ensuing decades, agent-based models (ABMs) proliferated across many fields, including economics...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What if one model could realistically predict the economy of an entire country? The entire world? A month-long working group, co-organized by SFI External Professor @doynefarmer.bsky.social, made the case that agent-based models may bring this vision to life:
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Fall 2025 Recap: 400+ Attendees | 36 Designers & Special Guests
We had quite the lineup of games from a fan made expansion to a social deduction and area control crossover. Thank you for coming out and supporting indie game designers.
Stay tuned for our next event in late March!
#boardgames
We had quite the lineup of games from a fan made expansion to a social deduction and area control crossover. Thank you for coming out and supporting indie game designers.
Stay tuned for our next event in late March!
#boardgames
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fall 2025 Recap: 400+ Attendees | 36 Designers & Special Guests
We had quite the lineup of games from a fan made expansion to a social deduction and area control crossover. Thank you for coming out and supporting indie game designers.
Stay tuned for our next event in late March!
#boardgames
We had quite the lineup of games from a fan made expansion to a social deduction and area control crossover. Thank you for coming out and supporting indie game designers.
Stay tuned for our next event in late March!
#boardgames
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Could humans and AI become so interdependent that they form a new kind of evolutionary individual? In this op-ed, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new form of evolutionary individuality.
Research News Brief: Could humans and AI become a new kind of evolutionary individual?
In a recent op-ed in PNAS, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new form of evolutionary in...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Could humans and AI become so interdependent that they form a new kind of evolutionary individual? In this op-ed, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new form of evolutionary individuality.
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In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers are working backward — starting with the result to learn the rules behind it. @georgemusser.com, SFI’s 2025 Journalism Fellow, explores how this could reshape computation and self-organization in Quanta:
Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of ‘Game of Life’ | Quanta Magazine
In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers are working backward — starting with the result to learn the rules behind it. @georgemusser.com, SFI’s 2025 Journalism Fellow, explores how this could reshape computation and self-organization in Quanta:
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![Comic. [chessboard where one block of 2x2 sliding squares is shifted inward, with a blank next to it indicating the direction of the block’s movement] [caption] Sliding Number Puzzle Chess](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia6lnzy33g5l3i2wdvvij2zpph55grpt5qz7b6t2vs3e53r4hcqja@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Surprise! Here's a bonus release of the 52 Pickup tabletop game series, free for all to enjoy!
We loved the below comic so much we came up with own rules that you can play right now.
#boardgame #chess
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We loved the below comic so much we came up with own rules that you can play right now.
#boardgame #chess
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September 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Surprise! Here's a bonus release of the 52 Pickup tabletop game series, free for all to enjoy!
We loved the below comic so much we came up with own rules that you can play right now.
#boardgame #chess
www.patreon.com/posts/52-pic...
We loved the below comic so much we came up with own rules that you can play right now.
#boardgame #chess
www.patreon.com/posts/52-pic...
Excited to be part of GMW Fall 2025! Thanks for organizing it and for having me, Johnny!
Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: OFMOS Essential by Cristian Mitreanu
OFMOS Essential is a novel abstract and real strategy game that naturally fosters both competition and collaboration, providing fun for families and friends.
#boardgames @cristianmitreanu.bsky.social
OFMOS Essential is a novel abstract and real strategy game that naturally fosters both competition and collaboration, providing fun for families and friends.
#boardgames @cristianmitreanu.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Excited to be part of GMW Fall 2025! Thanks for organizing it and for having me, Johnny!
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Game Market West is back!
I'm proud to announce the tabletop games for the upcoming GMW Fall 2025, on September 21 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/fall-2025-ga...
I'm proud to announce the tabletop games for the upcoming GMW Fall 2025, on September 21 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/fall-2025-ga...
Fall 2025 Games
Directory (Games Below)
www.gamemarketwest.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Game Market West is back!
I'm proud to announce the tabletop games for the upcoming GMW Fall 2025, on September 21 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/fall-2025-ga...
I'm proud to announce the tabletop games for the upcoming GMW Fall 2025, on September 21 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/fall-2025-ga...
Was in Tahoe this past weekend to support a few friends participating in the Broken Arrow Skyrace. #OFMOS Essential was also a key part of the great weekend. #boardgames
June 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Was in Tahoe this past weekend to support a few friends participating in the Broken Arrow Skyrace. #OFMOS Essential was also a key part of the great weekend. #boardgames
AI’s Biggest Threat: Young People Who Can’t Think - WSJ
=> Products that can help people up-level their strategic thinking and decision-making — including the games #OFMOS — will play an increasingly important role in basic #education and foundational #training.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
=> Products that can help people up-level their strategic thinking and decision-making — including the games #OFMOS — will play an increasingly important role in basic #education and foundational #training.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | AI’s Biggest Threat: Young People Who Can’t Think
Smart computers require even smarter humans, but they tempt us to engage in ‘cognitive offloading.’
www.wsj.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
AI’s Biggest Threat: Young People Who Can’t Think - WSJ
=> Products that can help people up-level their strategic thinking and decision-making — including the games #OFMOS — will play an increasingly important role in basic #education and foundational #training.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
=> Products that can help people up-level their strategic thinking and decision-making — including the games #OFMOS — will play an increasingly important role in basic #education and foundational #training.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.
June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.
The Example Dilemma in the Age of (Hallucinating) AI #exampledilemma
www.ofmosuniverse.com/newsletter/t...
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The Example Dilemma in the Age of (Hallucinating) AI | Ofmos Universe — Play, Learn, and Be Successful™
Can you tell if an example or story is friend or foe? In business, especially, whether in an educational or professional setting, can you tell if and how an example or story is nudging you toward...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Example Dilemma in the Age of (Hallucinating) AI #exampledilemma
www.ofmosuniverse.com/newsletter/t...
www.ofmosuniverse.com/newsletter/t...
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Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
Where does your weather forecast come from?
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
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We released Wolfenstein 3D on this day (May 5th) in 1992. Here's a local television news report about it. What an amazing time that was. #wolfenstein #gamedev #retrogames
May 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We released Wolfenstein 3D on this day (May 5th) in 1992. Here's a local television news report about it. What an amazing time that was. #wolfenstein #gamedev #retrogames
Cristian Mitreanu at Game Market West, Spring 2025, showcasing the handcrafted, signed-and-numbered, limited-99-edition game and business simulation OFMOS® Essential. (Get your set on Etsy www.etsy.com/listing/1821...)
Credit and thanks goes to RJ and his Board Game Casual youtube channel!
Credit and thanks goes to RJ and his Board Game Casual youtube channel!
May 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Cristian Mitreanu at Game Market West, Spring 2025, showcasing the handcrafted, signed-and-numbered, limited-99-edition game and business simulation OFMOS® Essential. (Get your set on Etsy www.etsy.com/listing/1821...)
Credit and thanks goes to RJ and his Board Game Casual youtube channel!
Credit and thanks goes to RJ and his Board Game Casual youtube channel!
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Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
My brief overview of the board game OFMOS® Essential at the the @gamemarketwest.bsky.social event in San Jose CA on March 23, 2025. Thanks for the recording, @Cardboard_RJ!
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April 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My brief overview of the board game OFMOS® Essential at the the @gamemarketwest.bsky.social event in San Jose CA on March 23, 2025. Thanks for the recording, @Cardboard_RJ!
youtube.com/clip/Ugkxf4O...
youtube.com/clip/Ugkxf4O...
Great event! Thank you for having me with #OFMOS Essential.
Game Market West Spring 2025 Recap
380+ Attendees | 30 Designers | 3 Special Guests
There was an incredibly diverse group of boardgames this time around: meditative, climbing/shedding, and action programming to name a few categories. We also had solo only games for the first time!
380+ Attendees | 30 Designers | 3 Special Guests
There was an incredibly diverse group of boardgames this time around: meditative, climbing/shedding, and action programming to name a few categories. We also had solo only games for the first time!
April 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Great event! Thank you for having me with #OFMOS Essential.
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When comparing 2 objects, people either rely on internal memories or run their hands and eyes over the objects to perceive similarities. The latter approach offloads cognition. It's also more effective, find SFI's Marina Dubova and Arseny Moskvichev in a recent study. www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
March 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When comparing 2 objects, people either rely on internal memories or run their hands and eyes over the objects to perceive similarities. The latter approach offloads cognition. It's also more effective, find SFI's Marina Dubova and Arseny Moskvichev in a recent study. www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
From a series of block quotes
March 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
From a series of block quotes
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Absolutely obsessed with this late 19th century illustration of the Orion Nebula by Otto Boeddicker.
March 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Absolutely obsessed with this late 19th century illustration of the Orion Nebula by Otto Boeddicker.