Re:Time to Pardon Edward Snowden?
by Supermancho on Sunday October 04, 2020 @03:34PM
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It's both because it's good policy. I "want" insofar as I would expect any government to maximize our position via basic game theory. It's inevitable because those who maximize their position are going to be the dominant player over time.
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(I posted a similar comment elsewhere but it's short, and relevant here too).
That's not what game theory says. Defecting against everyone you meet is a losing strategy in an iterated multi-actor prisoner's dilemma. Tit-for-tat does much better. Establishing and maintaining mutual trust, to cooperate with those who are willing to cooperate with you, is in a nation's interests.
Re:Time to Pardon Edward Snowden?
by Supermancho on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:29PM
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> Defecting against everyone you meet is a losing strategy
You are changing the topic, subtly and importantly.
Maintaining an operative network to support an information network and flexible operations (either to help or hinder a nation-state) is THE winning strategy.
> Tit-for-tat does much better.
That is incorrect, in context.