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This is in line with recent game theory studies. In iterated prisoner's dilemma, the introduction of kindness wipes out always-defect strategies in the long ru
by macawfish 10y ago
This is in line with recent game theory studies. In iterated prisoner's dilemma, the introduction of kindness wipes out always-defect strategies in the long run, and is competitive with tit-for-tat.
- Kronopath 10y agoCan you elaborate on this? How do you implement "kindness" into the prisoner's dilemma? Got any links to the relevant studies?
- Applejinx 10y agoOne way I might do that is, occasionally throw in a 'cooperate' independent of whatever other strategy I've got. Doing that will tend to convert tit-for-tatters and might flip other strategies into cooperating. If you grade by the total number of cooperate moves in the group, the group wins by 'kindness' flipping a variety of strategies into cooperate mode. It'll tend to expand pockets of cooperation. No immediate personal benefit, but tends to make the environment better which may seem like a benefit. I don't think 'survival of the fittest' has to mean 'kneecap all your opponents and rent-seek', but that's the popular interpretation in Western capitalism :)
- ColanR 10y agoIf you had a reference for this, I would love to read it. (not sarcastic; this is fascinating.)
- sctb 10y agoI'm not sure exactly what the OP is referring to, but there was an article recently on HN that talked about what I assume is related research and includes references: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13210681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13210681.