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Theories are great, but really if you live in a village of 100 people I don't think you need theories to understand that you have to behave to survive. Between
by bullen 5y ago
Theories are great, but really if you live in a village of 100 people I don't think you need theories to understand that you have to behave to survive.
Between two tribes of 100 I'm pretty sure it was permanent war; unless they where symbiotic, in which case I would call them one tribe of 200.
Energy (heat, water, food) where really scarce when you hadn't figured out coal, oil and gas yet or now after those discoveries of reserves have peaked.
I think it requires atleast one day of cold, thirsty, hunger to be able to understand what social in those days felt like.
As for game theory it's just a pretentious labeling of "force the hand" incentives when many people are involved, you don't need a theory for that, it's allready proven.
Basically it's why debt (as inflation = negative real rates) works in the first place: somebody gives you an incentive to not give a damn about your own kids future by pointing at theories that have failed over and over again in history but somehow they still manage to "socially" convince you that it's ok because everyone is doing it!
Everything in life is a pyramid scheme, but most things end up being ponzi schemes, you just have to learn to see the difference.
- Balero 5y ago"Between two tribes of 100 I'm pretty sure it was permanent war; unless they where symbiotic, in which case I would call them one tribe of 200" Well you would be wrong to call them one tribe. The US and Mexico have a symbiotic relationship, are they one country? And it's good that you are "pretty sure" it would be war, but would you like to post any sources at all? Or is this just your gut feeling? "Basically it's why debt (as inflation = negative real rates) works in the first place: somebody gives you an incentive to not give a damn about your own kids future by pointing at theories that have failed over and over again in history but somehow they still manage to "socially" convince you that it's ok because everyone is doing it! Everything in life is a pyramid scheme, but most things end up being ponzi schemes, you just have to learn to see the difference." You have gone really off topic here and I am struggling to see what this has to do with the original topic. You also seem to have an agenda that isn't really related to the topic of debt in the ancient world.