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To directly answer the title of the post: because human beings are horrible at grappling with The Prisoner's Dilemma. It is a psychological blindspot that (I ha
by rewgs 4y ago
To directly answer the title of the post: because human beings are horrible at grappling with The Prisoner's Dilemma. It is a psychological blindspot that (I have no data but anecdotes to back this up, but I'm still quite sure of it) I would wager humans fail often enough that, at scale, it acts as a sort of expression of entropy.
- elmomle 4y agoMost of the problems of this world come down to us being engaged in scads of massive Prisoner's Dilemmas with (generally) fairly fast memory decay. NIMBYism, Realpolitik, etc. all come down to Prisoner's Dilemma--most people want a better world but nobody wants to be taken advantage of by others' selfish actions.
- rewgs 4y agoPrecisely. Not sure why my comment is getting downvoted, but it’s nice to hear from someone else who sees things similarly.