Eight Short Studies On Excuses - LessWrong
The Clumsy Game-Player • You and a partner are playing an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma. Both of you have publicly pre-committed to the tit-for-tat strategy. By iteration 5, you're going happily along,…
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