It’s mutual benefit. The optimal social situation is a win-win scenario in all interactions. In this interaction, both organisms benefit from each other’s presence, and do better than they would do alone.
Which was the point of the theory in “A Beautiful Mind.”
somethig with sweaters as I recall
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Damn you totally owned OP hell yeah dude
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B/c the Prisoner’s Dilemma is a vast over-simplification that ignores that we tend to see the same people every day, and if you go even one step further there is basically mathematical proof that cooperation tends to work better.
I also enjoy this interactive explanation
Thanks for sharing this. I’d heard of tit-for-tat and the selfish gene before, but this exercise really helped me grok the concept
Rule of acquisition #18
A fungi without profit is no fungi at all.
The profit motive is mutual survival.
