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Diaphanouz t1_jawq99k wrote

This is a great game that explains the concept beautifully and interactively

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porncrank t1_jax63p7 wrote

I remember playing this and there are situations where you can make a large group of bad actors come out better than a greatly outnumbered group of (or individual) tit-for-tat — and if you just look at that group, you might think their bad philosophy “won”. However it is interesting to note that in that case they still all come out behind a similar sized community with a sufficient number of tit-for-tat.

I think the takeaway is that in a consistently lousy environment a lousy person might do better than a nice person. But they won’t do better than a nice person in a nice environment. Or even a lousy person in a nice environment. Said another way — it matters a lot who is around us no matter our strategy. We are not going to maximize life in isolation.

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corpusapostata t1_jayl116 wrote

This gives an interesting slant to city planning, social services, and policing. If environment has that great an effect on outcome...

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SeriousGoofball t1_jays2k1 wrote

Or political parties. Or even politics in general. If everybody in office is out for themselves then only the strongest Lucifer will win.

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Oh-hey21 t1_jb13mtl wrote

Or just life. This can be viewed on so many different levels. I know this is rather vague, but where does this not hold up in any relationship?

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BeardedZorro t1_jazej81 wrote

Wow. Way to go deeper. I need to learn to do more of this.

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TryingTruly OP t1_jawt8rh wrote

It's referenced at the beginning of the article - but it's always great to plug it! Truly perfect.

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Diaphanouz t1_jawzmm3 wrote

That's what I get for just skimming the article thanks to the overconfidence that game gave me over the topic. My apologies!

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TryingTruly OP t1_jax05fv wrote

Haha it just means that you were spot on with your reference! Should be proud!

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Tahoma-sans t1_jawstn4 wrote

I remember playing that long ago and really liking it. First thought while reading the article.

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Substantial-Can9805 t1_jay2qxo wrote

Pretty good game. I only cooperated if I had an advantage and that resulted in every character coming out with more than they started

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DepressedUser_026 t1_jayybee wrote

This is awesome. I learned something early in the morning because of you dude, thanks for sharing.

Good Morning!

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Fmatosqg t1_jaytlmq wrote

Doesn't work on phones 😭😭

If I use on portrait I can't read. Landscape won't scroll so I can't see the buttons.

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karnal_chikara t1_jb11e5n wrote

I played it on phone mam

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Fmatosqg t1_jb1z7h6 wrote

You must have the eyesight of a hunting bird

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