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Glad to see Leo doing this, his fund was an investor in my company so I've gotten to experience a few rounds of Leo office hours, although we didn't call them t
by jdoliner 10y ago
Glad to see Leo doing this, his fund was an investor in my company so I've gotten to experience a few rounds of Leo office hours, although we didn't call them that at the time. He was very helpful and smart in my experience.
On another note the usage of Tit-For-Tat seems a bit weird in this context since I think it's generally reserved for retaliatory exchanges rather then beneficial ones.
- lpolovets 10y agoHey Joe! Oops, my bad on the word choice. I read a book on social altruism a while ago which talked about tit-for-tat in the context of game theory (i.e. why people do nice things for strangers). I didn't realize the term has a mostly negative context.
- amorphid 10y agoIf I remeber correctly, tit-for-tat in the game theory is referring to a proportional response to an uncooperative action. For example, you take an action is 10% unfavorable to me. In response, I take an action that is 10% unfavorable to you. So next turn you take the most favorable action for you+me, and so I take the most favorable action for me+you. I guess a proportional response signals wanting a mutually beneficial, rational approach.
- oddlyaromatic 10y agoI think the parent comment is mistaken. I've always heard this used as referring to exchanges of roughly equivalent things- whereas, "an eye for an eye" leans negative, "tit for tat" is neither negative or positive. To me it simply suggests the idea of a balanced exchange. EDIT: The dictionary, and the historical roots of the term, seem to agree with the parent though. Maybe I'm just an optimist and never noticed the underlying connotation of violence.