prisoner’s dilemma is a dilemma for a reason: it optimizes the total outcome badly. maybe this is why the pessimization of the modern business cycle everyone l

prisoner’s dilemma is a dilemma for a reason: it optimizes the total outcome badly. maybe this is why the pessimization of the modern business cycle everyone loves to cry about always works out that way — we’re all interacting in a commons where trying to screw everyone else as hard as possible is the rule, not the exception.