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Re:Time to Pardon Edward Snowden? by jbay808 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:13PM (#24681928)
(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.

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Re:Time to Pardon Edward Snowden? by Supermancho on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:29PM (#24689872)
> 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.

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