Episode 19: The Trusting Game
A happy birthday to Curiosity, a stellar job opportunity, and a deep dive into Nicky Case's game of trust, compassion and resilient cooperation—just don't tailgate Tom.
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Warming up with Space [00:00]
The main event: playing with Trust [05:45]
- The Evolution of Trust (Nicky Case)
- Game Theory 101: The Prisoner’s Dilemma explained
- The WWI Christmas Truce
- TBG Ep. 11: Creating trust in a campaign (13:16)
- The Adventure Zone’s Suffering Game arc
- Resilient Cooperation is where it’s at (Andrew Mao, Lili Dworkin, Siddharth Suri & Duncan J. Watts)
- TBG Ep. 7: Tom forgives the highway cheaters (38:03)
- The Simple Solution to Traffic (CGP Grey)
- Ped’s stubbornly hanging on to his (faulty?) interpretation of Utilitarianism
- Forbidden Island: a pretty cool non-zero-sum board game
- 12.5 years of Diplomacy - nice!
- TBG Ep. 5: contemplating the rationality of selflessness (50:50)
Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)