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		bheadmaster 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No science, no startups: The innovation engine we'... It's a prisoner's dilemma, but with a large number of prisoners.

anticensor 6 months ago | [–]

Defect-defect isn't a winning strategy in a continual setting, it's only a winning strategy in a fixed-iterations setting.

bo1024 6 months ago | [–]

Tragedy of the commons

newyankee 6 months ago | [–]

probably everyone realises this and wants to make away with as much as they can before the ultimate rugpull

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