Thursday, November 25, 2004
A Game Theorist's Wet Dream
Diane had longed to bandwagon with Jack since their first year in grad school. In their own prisoner's dilemma, she now knew that she wanted more than just tit-for-tat -- she had to have Jack's grim trigger. This wasn't just a one-shot interaction for her. She wanted repeated play -- and although she would never say this out loud, she sensed that Jack had a very long shadow of the future.Be sure to thank Daniel Drezner for putting the grim trigger in a whole new light.
I know I used to hate it when I would be out at a bar talking to a girl when her friend would slide in and "grim trigger block" me.
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