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game is a prisoner's dilemma when two conditions hold:",[1075,1076,1078],"equation",{"label":1077},"Prisoner's Dilemma Conditions",[416,1079,1081],{"className":1080},[580],[416,1082,1084,1134],{"className":1083},[419],[416,1085,1087],{"className":1086},[423],[425,1088,1089],{"xmlns":427,"display":589},[429,1090,1091,1131],{},[432,1092,1093,1095,1098,1100,1102,1104,1106,1108,1111,1114,1116,1120,1122,1124,1126,1129],{},[435,1094,483],{},[642,1096,1097],{},">",[435,1099,437],{},[642,1101,1097],{},[435,1103,555],{},[642,1105,1097],{},[435,1107,519],{},[893,1109],{"width":1110},"2em",[617,1112,1113],{},"and",[893,1115],{"width":1110},[1117,1118,1119],"mn",{},"2",[435,1121,437],{},[642,1123,1097],{},[435,1125,483],{},[642,1127,1128],{},"+",[435,1130,519],{},[439,1132,1133],{"encoding":441},"T > R > P > S\n\\qquad\\text{and}\\qquad\n2R > T + S",[416,1135,1137,1158,1176,1194,1232,1253],{"className":1136,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1138,1140,1144,1147,1151,1155],{"className":1139},[450],[416,1141],{"className":1142,"style":1143},[454],"height:0.7224em;vertical-align:-0.0391em;",[416,1145,483],{"className":1146,"style":498},[459,460],[416,1148],{"className":1149,"style":1150},[893],"margin-right:0.2778em;",[416,1152,1097],{"className":1153},[1154],"mrel",[416,1156],{"className":1157,"style":1150},[893],[416,1159,1161,1164,1167,1170,1173],{"className":1160},[450],[416,1162],{"className":1163,"style":1143},[454],[416,1165,437],{"className":1166,"style":461},[459,460],[416,1168],{"className":1169,"style":1150},[893],[416,1171,1097],{"className":1172},[1154],[416,1174],{"className":1175,"style":1150},[893],[416,1177,1179,1182,1185,1188,1191],{"className":1178},[450],[416,1180],{"className":1181,"style":1143},[454],[416,1183,555],{"className":1184,"style":498},[459,460],[416,1186],{"className":1187,"style":1150},[893],[416,1189,1097],{"className":1190},[1154],[416,1192],{"className":1193,"style":1150},[893],[416,1195,1197,1201,1204,1208,1214,1217,1220,1223,1226,1229],{"className":1196},[450],[416,1198],{"className":1199,"style":1200},[454],"height:0.7335em;vertical-align:-0.0391em;",[416,1202,519],{"className":1203,"style":534},[459,460],[416,1205],{"className":1206,"style":1207},[893],"margin-right:2em;",[416,1209,1211],{"className":1210},[459,801],[416,1212,1113],{"className":1213},[459],[416,1215],{"className":1216,"style":1207},[893],[416,1218,1119],{"className":1219},[459],[416,1221,437],{"className":1222,"style":461},[459,460],[416,1224],{"className":1225,"style":1150},[893],[416,1227,1097],{"className":1228},[1154],[416,1230],{"className":1231,"style":1150},[893],[416,1233,1235,1239,1242,1246,1250],{"className":1234},[450],[416,1236],{"className":1237,"style":1238},[454],"height:0.7667em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;",[416,1240,483],{"className":1241,"style":498},[459,460],[416,1243],{"className":1244,"style":1245},[893],"margin-right:0.2222em;",[416,1247,1128],{"className":1248},[1249],"mbin",[416,1251],{"className":1252,"style":1245},[893],[416,1254,1256,1259],{"className":1255},[450],[416,1257],{"className":1258,"style":455},[454],[416,1260,519],{"className":1261,"style":534},[459,460],[324,1263,1264,1265,1316,1317,1368,1369,1372],{},"The first condition creates the trap. Because ",[416,1266,1268,1286],{"className":1267},[419],[416,1269,1271],{"className":1270},[423],[425,1272,1273],{"xmlns":427},[429,1274,1275,1283],{},[432,1276,1277,1279,1281],{},[435,1278,483],{},[642,1280,1097],{},[435,1282,437],{},[439,1284,1285],{"encoding":441},"T > R",[416,1287,1289,1307],{"className":1288,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1290,1292,1295,1298,1301,1304],{"className":1291},[450],[416,1293],{"className":1294,"style":1143},[454],[416,1296,483],{"className":1297,"style":498},[459,460],[416,1299],{"className":1300,"style":1150},[893],[416,1302,1097],{"className":1303},[1154],[416,1305],{"className":1306,"style":1150},[893],[416,1308,1310,1313],{"className":1309},[450],[416,1311],{"className":1312,"style":455},[454],[416,1314,437],{"className":1315,"style":461},[459,460],", defecting against a cooperator pays more than cooperating. Because ",[416,1318,1320,1338],{"className":1319},[419],[416,1321,1323],{"className":1322},[423],[425,1324,1325],{"xmlns":427},[429,1326,1327,1335],{},[432,1328,1329,1331,1333],{},[435,1330,555],{},[642,1332,1097],{},[435,1334,519],{},[439,1336,1337],{"encoding":441},"P > S",[416,1339,1341,1359],{"className":1340,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1342,1344,1347,1350,1353,1356],{"className":1343},[450],[416,1345],{"className":1346,"style":1143},[454],[416,1348,555],{"className":1349,"style":498},[459,460],[416,1351],{"className":1352,"style":1150},[893],[416,1354,1097],{"className":1355},[1154],[416,1357],{"className":1358,"style":1150},[893],[416,1360,1362,1365],{"className":1361},[450],[416,1363],{"className":1364,"style":455},[454],[416,1366,519],{"className":1367,"style":534},[459,460],", defecting against a defector pays more than being exploited. So defection is better in every case: it is the ",[355,1370,1371],{},"dominant strategy",", and mutual defection is the game's only Nash equilibrium.",[324,1374,1375],{},"The second condition makes cooperation worth having. It says that steady mutual cooperation pays more, on average, than taking turns exploiting each other. Without it, two players could do better by alternating betrayals.",[324,1377,1378,1379,1433,1434,1485,1486,1537,1538,1597,1598,1699,1700,1857],{},"In the coin machine above, keeping your coin while the other gives yields ",[416,1380,1382,1402],{"className":1381},[419],[416,1383,1385],{"className":1384},[423],[425,1386,1387],{"xmlns":427},[429,1388,1389,1399],{},[432,1390,1391,1393,1396],{},[435,1392,483],{},[642,1394,1395],{},"=",[1117,1397,1398],{},"3",[439,1400,1401],{"encoding":441},"T = 3",[416,1403,1405,1423],{"className":1404,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1406,1408,1411,1414,1417,1420],{"className":1407},[450],[416,1409],{"className":1410,"style":455},[454],[416,1412,483],{"className":1413,"style":498},[459,460],[416,1415],{"className":1416,"style":1150},[893],[416,1418,1395],{"className":1419},[1154],[416,1421],{"className":1422,"style":1150},[893],[416,1424,1426,1430],{"className":1425},[450],[416,1427],{"className":1428,"style":1429},[454],"height:0.6444em;",[416,1431,1398],{"className":1432},[459],"; both giving yields ",[416,1435,1437,1455],{"className":1436},[419],[416,1438,1440],{"className":1439},[423],[425,1441,1442],{"xmlns":427},[429,1443,1444,1452],{},[432,1445,1446,1448,1450],{},[435,1447,437],{},[642,1449,1395],{},[1117,1451,1119],{},[439,1453,1454],{"encoding":441},"R = 2",[416,1456,1458,1476],{"className":1457,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1459,1461,1464,1467,1470,1473],{"className":1460},[450],[416,1462],{"className":1463,"style":455},[454],[416,1465,437],{"className":1466,"style":461},[459,460],[416,1468],{"className":1469,"style":1150},[893],[416,1471,1395],{"className":1472},[1154],[416,1474],{"className":1475,"style":1150},[893],[416,1477,1479,1482],{"className":1478},[450],[416,1480],{"className":1481,"style":1429},[454],[416,1483,1119],{"className":1484},[459]," (you give one, get three); both keeping yields ",[416,1487,1489,1507],{"className":1488},[419],[416,1490,1492],{"className":1491},[423],[425,1493,1494],{"xmlns":427},[429,1495,1496,1504],{},[432,1497,1498,1500,1502],{},[435,1499,555],{},[642,1501,1395],{},[1117,1503,608],{},[439,1505,1506],{"encoding":441},"P = 0",[416,1508,1510,1528],{"className":1509,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1511,1513,1516,1519,1522,1525],{"className":1512},[450],[416,1514],{"className":1515,"style":455},[454],[416,1517,555],{"className":1518,"style":498},[459,460],[416,1520],{"className":1521,"style":1150},[893],[416,1523,1395],{"className":1524},[1154],[416,1526],{"className":1527,"style":1150},[893],[416,1529,1531,1534],{"className":1530},[450],[416,1532],{"className":1533,"style":1429},[454],[416,1535,608],{"className":1536},[459],"; giving to someone who keeps yields ",[416,1539,1541,1563],{"className":1540},[419],[416,1542,1544],{"className":1543},[423],[425,1545,1546],{"xmlns":427},[429,1547,1548,1560],{},[432,1549,1550,1552,1554,1557],{},[435,1551,519],{},[642,1553,1395],{},[642,1555,1556],{},"−",[1117,1558,1559],{},"1",[439,1561,1562],{"encoding":441},"S = -1",[416,1564,1566,1584],{"className":1565,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1567,1569,1572,1575,1578,1581],{"className":1568},[450],[416,1570],{"className":1571,"style":455},[454],[416,1573,519],{"className":1574,"style":534},[459,460],[416,1576],{"className":1577,"style":1150},[893],[416,1579,1395],{"className":1580},[1154],[416,1582],{"className":1583,"style":1150},[893],[416,1585,1587,1591,1594],{"className":1586},[450],[416,1588],{"className":1589,"style":1590},[454],"height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;",[416,1592,1556],{"className":1593},[459],[416,1595,1559],{"className":1596},[459],". Check: ",[416,1599,1601,1629],{"className":1600},[419],[416,1602,1604],{"className":1603},[423],[425,1605,1606],{"xmlns":427},[429,1607,1608,1626],{},[432,1609,1610,1612,1614,1616,1618,1620,1622,1624],{},[1117,1611,1398],{},[642,1613,1097],{},[1117,1615,1119],{},[642,1617,1097],{},[1117,1619,608],{},[642,1621,1097],{},[642,1623,1556],{},[1117,1625,1559],{},[439,1627,1628],{"encoding":441},"3 > 2 > 0 > -1",[416,1630,1632,1651,1669,1687],{"className":1631,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1633,1635,1639,1642,1645,1648],{"className":1634},[450],[416,1636],{"className":1637,"style":1638},[454],"height:0.6835em;vertical-align:-0.0391em;",[416,1640,1398],{"className":1641},[459],[416,1643],{"className":1644,"style":1150},[893],[416,1646,1097],{"className":1647},[1154],[416,1649],{"className":1650,"style":1150},[893],[416,1652,1654,1657,1660,1663,1666],{"className":1653},[450],[416,1655],{"className":1656,"style":1638},[454],[416,1658,1119],{"className":1659},[459],[416,1661],{"className":1662,"style":1150},[893],[416,1664,1097],{"className":1665},[1154],[416,1667],{"className":1668,"style":1150},[893],[416,1670,1672,1675,1678,1681,1684],{"className":1671},[450],[416,1673],{"className":1674,"style":1638},[454],[416,1676,608],{"className":1677},[459],[416,1679],{"className":1680,"style":1150},[893],[416,1682,1097],{"className":1683},[1154],[416,1685],{"className":1686,"style":1150},[893],[416,1688,1690,1693,1696],{"className":1689},[450],[416,1691],{"className":1692,"style":1590},[454],[416,1694,1556],{"className":1695},[459],[416,1697,1559],{"className":1698},[459],", and ",[416,1701,1703,1745],{"className":1702},[419],[416,1704,1706],{"className":1705},[423],[425,1707,1708],{"xmlns":427},[429,1709,1710,1742],{},[432,1711,1712,1714,1717,1719,1721,1724,1726,1728,1730,1732,1734,1736,1738,1740],{},[1117,1713,1119],{},[642,1715,1716],{},"⋅",[1117,1718,1119],{},[642,1720,1395],{},[1117,1722,1723],{},"4",[642,1725,1097],{},[1117,1727,1398],{},[642,1729,1128],{},[642,1731,644],{"stretchy":609},[642,1733,1556],{},[1117,1735,1559],{},[642,1737,657],{"stretchy":609},[642,1739,1395],{},[1117,1741,1119],{},[439,1743,1744],{"encoding":441},"2 \\cdot 2 = 4 > 3 + (-1) = 2",[416,1746,1748,1766,1784,1802,1820,1848],{"className":1747,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1749,1751,1754,1757,1760,1763],{"className":1750},[450],[416,1752],{"className":1753,"style":1429},[454],[416,1755,1119],{"className":1756},[459],[416,1758],{"className":1759,"style":1245},[893],[416,1761,1716],{"className":1762},[1249],[416,1764],{"className":1765,"style":1245},[893],[416,1767,1769,1772,1775,1778,1781],{"className":1768},[450],[416,1770],{"className":1771,"style":1429},[454],[416,1773,1119],{"className":1774},[459],[416,1776],{"className":1777,"style":1150},[893],[416,1779,1395],{"className":1780},[1154],[416,1782],{"className":1783,"style":1150},[893],[416,1785,1787,1790,1793,1796,1799],{"className":1786},[450],[416,1788],{"className":1789,"style":1638},[454],[416,1791,1723],{"className":1792},[459],[416,1794],{"className":1795,"style":1150},[893],[416,1797,1097],{"className":1798},[1154],[416,1800],{"className":1801,"style":1150},[893],[416,1803,1805,1808,1811,1814,1817],{"className":1804},[450],[416,1806],{"className":1807,"style":1590},[454],[416,1809,1398],{"className":1810},[459],[416,1812],{"className":1813,"style":1245},[893],[416,1815,1128],{"className":1816},[1249],[416,1818],{"className":1819,"style":1245},[893],[416,1821,1823,1827,1830,1833,1836,1839,1842,1845],{"className":1822},[450],[416,1824],{"className":1825,"style":1826},[454],"height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;",[416,1828,644],{"className":1829},[882],[416,1831,1556],{"className":1832},[459],[416,1834,1559],{"className":1835},[459],[416,1837,657],{"className":1838},[904],[416,1840],{"className":1841,"style":1150},[893],[416,1843,1395],{"className":1844},[1154],[416,1846],{"className":1847,"style":1150},[893],[416,1849,1851,1854],{"className":1850},[450],[416,1852],{"className":1853,"style":1429},[454],[416,1855,1119],{"className":1856},[459],". It is a true prisoner's dilemma.",[324,1859,1860,1863],{},[355,1861,1862],{},"Established result."," In a single, one-shot prisoner's dilemma between purely self-interested players, defection is the rational choice. Nothing later in this article changes that.",[347,1865,1867],{"id":1866},"playing-again-the-shadow-of-the-future","Playing Again: The Shadow of the Future",[324,1869,1870],{},"Everything changes when the game repeats. If you will meet the same person tomorrow, today's betrayal has a cost: they can respond.",[324,1872,1873,1874,1905,1906,1909,1910,1938],{},"This requires one more quantity. Let ",[416,1875,1877,1891],{"className":1876},[419],[416,1878,1880],{"className":1879},[423],[425,1881,1882],{"xmlns":427},[429,1883,1884,1889],{},[432,1885,1886],{},[435,1887,1888],{},"w",[439,1890,1888],{"encoding":441},[416,1892,1894],{"className":1893,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1895,1897,1901],{"className":1896},[450],[416,1898],{"className":1899,"style":1900},[454],"height:0.4306em;",[416,1902,1888],{"className":1903,"style":1904},[459,460],"margin-right:0.0269em;"," be the probability that, after any round, there will be another round with the same partner. The political scientist Robert Axelrod called this the ",[355,1907,1908],{},"shadow of the future",". When ",[416,1911,1913,1926],{"className":1912},[419],[416,1914,1916],{"className":1915},[423],[425,1917,1918],{"xmlns":427},[429,1919,1920,1924],{},[432,1921,1922],{},[435,1923,1888],{},[439,1925,1888],{"encoding":441},[416,1927,1929],{"className":1928,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,1930,1932,1935],{"className":1931},[450],[416,1933],{"className":1934,"style":1900},[454],[416,1936,1888],{"className":1937,"style":1904},[459,460]," is close to 1, the future matters a great deal. When it is close to 0, the game is effectively one-shot.",[324,1940,1941,1942,1945],{},"There is an important subtlety. If both players know exactly when the game ends, cooperation can unravel backward. On the last round there is no future, so both defect. Knowing that, there is no reason to cooperate on the second-to-last round, and so on back to the first. The formal theory therefore predicts defection throughout any finite game of known length. ",[341,1943,403],{"className":1944},[344]," Real people often cooperate anyway, and the theory of cooperation mostly concerns games with an uncertain end.",[347,1947,1949],{"id":1948},"axelrods-tournaments","Axelrod's Tournaments",[324,1951,1952],{},"Around 1979, Axelrod ran an unusual experiment. He invited game theorists, economists, psychologists, and mathematicians to submit computer programs that would play the repeated prisoner's dilemma against each other in a round-robin tournament.",[324,1954,1955,1956,1959,1960],{},"The first tournament had 14 entries plus a program that moved at random. The winner was the simplest entry, submitted by the psychologist Anatol Rapoport. It was called ",[355,1957,1958],{},"Tit for Tat",": cooperate on the first move, then copy whatever the other player did on the previous move. ",[341,1961,1963],{"className":1962},[344],"[4]",[324,1965,1966,1967],{},"Axelrod published the results and ran a second tournament. This time 62 entrants knew that Tit for Tat had won and could try to beat it. Tit for Tat won again. ",[341,1968,1970],{"className":1969},[344],"[13]",[324,1972,1973],{},"Axelrod identified four properties shared by successful strategies:",[1975,1976,1977,1983,1989,1995],"ol",{},[363,1978,1979,1982],{},[355,1980,1981],{},"Nice:"," never be the first to defect.",[363,1984,1985,1988],{},[355,1986,1987],{},"Retaliatory:"," respond to a defection, so exploitation does not pay.",[363,1990,1991,1994],{},[355,1992,1993],{},"Forgiving:"," return to cooperation once the other side does.",[363,1996,1997,2000],{},[355,1998,1999],{},"Clear:"," be easy to recognize, so others can learn that cooperating with you pays.",[324,2002,2003],{},"Tit for Tat never \"beats\" anyone in a single match; at best it ties. It won because it did well on average across many partners, getting high mutual rewards with cooperators and avoiding heavy losses to exploiters.",[2005,2006,2008],"h3",{"id":2007},"why-tit-for-tat-can-hold-its-ground","Why Tit for Tat can hold its ground",[324,2010,2011,2012,2015,2016,2020,2021,2049],{},"In 1981, Axelrod and the evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton published a paper in ",[337,2013,2014],{},"Science"," that joined these results to evolutionary theory. ",[341,2017,2019],{"className":2018},[344],"[5]"," They asked when a population using Tit for Tat could resist invasion by any other strategy. Their answer was a condition on ",[416,2022,2024,2037],{"className":2023},[419],[416,2025,2027],{"className":2026},[423],[425,2028,2029],{"xmlns":427},[429,2030,2031,2035],{},[432,2032,2033],{},[435,2034,1888],{},[439,2036,1888],{"encoding":441},[416,2038,2040],{"className":2039,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,2041,2043,2046],{"className":2042},[450],[416,2044],{"className":2045,"style":1900},[454],[416,2047,1888],{"className":2048,"style":1904},[459,460],":",[416,2051,2053],{"className":2052},[580],[416,2054,2056,2137],{"className":2055},[419],[416,2057,2059],{"className":2058},[423],[425,2060,2061],{"xmlns":427,"display":589},[429,2062,2063,2134],{},[432,2064,2065,2067,2070,2073,2075,2078,2081,2084,2131],{},[435,2066,1888],{},[617,2068,2069],{},"  ",[642,2071,2072],{},"≥",[617,2074,2069],{},[435,2076,2077],{},"max",[642,2079,2080],{},"⁡",[617,2082,2083],{}," ⁣",[432,2085,2086,2088,2107,2109,2111,2129],{},[642,2087,644],{"fence":446},[2089,2090,2091,2099],"mfrac",{},[432,2092,2093,2095,2097],{},[435,2094,483],{},[642,2096,1556],{},[435,2098,437],{},[432,2100,2101,2103,2105],{},[435,2102,483],{},[642,2104,1556],{},[435,2106,555],{},[642,2108,649],{"separator":446},[617,2110,2069],{},[2089,2112,2113,2121],{},[432,2114,2115,2117,2119],{},[435,2116,483],{},[642,2118,1556],{},[435,2120,437],{},[432,2122,2123,2125,2127],{},[435,2124,437],{},[642,2126,1556],{},[435,2128,519],{},[642,2130,657],{"fence":446},[435,2132,385],{"mathvariant":2133},"normal",[439,2135,2136],{"encoding":441},"w \\;\\geq\\; \\max\\!\\left(\\frac{T - 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R",[416,2422,2424,2442],{"className":2423,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,2425,2427,2430,2433,2436,2439],{"className":2426},[450],[416,2428],{"className":2429,"style":1238},[454],[416,2431,483],{"className":2432,"style":498},[459,460],[416,2434],{"className":2435,"style":1245},[893],[416,2437,1556],{"className":2438},[1249],[416,2440],{"className":2441,"style":1245},[893],[416,2443,2445,2448],{"className":2444},[450],[416,2446],{"className":2447,"style":455},[454],[416,2449,437],{"className":2450,"style":461},[459,460],", is outweighed by what the betrayer loses afterward. The first term protects Tit for Tat against constant defectors; the second protects it against players who alternate defection and cooperation. For the coin machine, this gives ",[416,2453,2455,2504],{"className":2454},[419],[416,2456,2458],{"className":2457},[423],[425,2459,2460],{"xmlns":427},[429,2461,2462,2501],{},[432,2463,2464,2466,2468,2470,2472,2474,2476,2479,2481,2483,2485,2487,2489,2491,2493,2495,2497,2499],{},[435,2465,1888],{},[642,2467,2072],{},[435,2469,2077],{},[642,2471,2080],{},[642,2473,644],{"stretchy":609},[1117,2475,1559],{},[435,2477,2478],{"mathvariant":2133},"\u002F",[1117,2480,1398],{},[642,2482,649],{"separator":446},[617,2484,652],{},[1117,2486,1559],{},[435,2488,2478],{"mathvariant":2133},[1117,2490,1398],{},[642,2492,657],{"stretchy":609},[642,2494,1395],{},[1117,2496,1559],{},[435,2498,2478],{"mathvariant":2133},[1117,2500,1398],{},[439,2502,2503],{"encoding":441},"w \\geq \\max(1\u002F3,\\,1\u002F3) = 1\u002F3",[416,2505,2507,2525,2565],{"className":2506,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,2508,2510,2513,2516,2519,2522],{"className":2509},[450],[416,2511],{"className":2512,"style":2146},[454],[416,2514,1888],{"className":2515,"style":1904},[459,460],[416,2517],{"className":2518,"style":1150},[893],[416,2520,2072],{"className":2521},[1154],[416,2523],{"className":2524,"style":1150},[893],[416,2526,2528,2531,2534,2537,2541,2544,2547,2550,2553,2556,2559,2562],{"className":2527},[450],[416,2529],{"className":2530,"style":1826},[454],[416,2532,2077],{"className":2533},[2175],[416,2535,644],{"className":2536},[882],[416,2538,2540],{"className":2539},[459],"1\u002F3",[416,2542,649],{"className":2543},[889],[416,2545],{"className":2546,"style":894},[893],[416,2548],{"className":2549,"style":894},[893],[416,2551,2540],{"className":2552},[459],[416,2554,657],{"className":2555},[904],[416,2557],{"className":2558,"style":1150},[893],[416,2560,1395],{"className":2561},[1154],[416,2563],{"className":2564,"style":1150},[893],[416,2566,2568,2571],{"className":2567},[450],[416,2569],{"className":2570,"style":1826},[454],[416,2572,2540],{"className":2573},[459],[324,2575,2576,2577,2580,2581,2584,2585],{},"Axelrod and Hamilton also argued that cooperation based on reciprocity can start even in a mostly selfish world, provided the cooperators arrive in small clusters that interact mostly with each other. ",[341,2578,2019],{"className":2579},[344]," This built on Robert Trivers's earlier theory of ",[355,2582,2583],{},"reciprocal altruism",", which proposed that helping unrelated individuals can evolve when help is likely to be returned. ",[341,2586,2588],{"className":2587},[344],"[6]",[347,2590,2592],{"id":2591},"the-problem-of-noise","The Problem of Noise",[324,2594,2595],{},"Tit for Tat has a weakness that the tournaments hid. In the real world, mistakes happen. A message is misread, an action fails, a cooperative gesture is taken as an insult.",[324,2597,2598],{},"Suppose two Tit for Tat players are cooperating and one accidentally defects. The other retaliates on the next move. The first then retaliates for the retaliation. The two fall into an echo of alternating punishment, and one more error can lock them into mutual defection. Tit for Tat, it turns out, is too quick to punish and too slow to repair.",[324,2600,2601],{},"Researchers found two main solutions.",[2005,2603,2605],{"id":2604},"generosity","Generosity",[324,2607,2608,2609,2613,2614,2617,2618],{},"In 1985, Per Molander showed that adding a small amount of unconditional generosity, sometimes cooperating even after the other defects, improves performance when errors occur. ",[341,2610,2612],{"className":2611},[344],"[7]"," In 1992, Martin Nowak and Karl Sigmund simulated evolution with many strategies and random errors. Tit for Tat did not win in the end. It served as a stepping stone: it cleared out exploiters, after which a more forgiving strategy, ",[355,2615,2616],{},"Generous Tit for Tat",", took over. ",[341,2619,2621],{"className":2620},[344],"[8]",[2005,2623,2625],{"id":2624},"win-stay-lose-shift","Win-Stay, Lose-Shift",[324,2627,2628,2629,2631,2632,2660,2661,2689,2690,2660,2718,2746,2747,2751],{},"In 1993, Nowak and Sigmund studied an even simpler rule. 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Two such players who fall into mutual defection both get a bad payoff, so both switch back to cooperation together. The strategy corrects its own mistakes. 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recipient;",[363,3902,3903,3931],{},[416,3904,3906,3919],{"className":3905},[419],[416,3907,3909],{"className":3908},[423],[425,3910,3911],{"xmlns":427},[429,3912,3913,3917],{},[432,3914,3915],{},[435,3916,1888],{},[439,3918,1888],{"encoding":441},[416,3920,3922],{"className":3921,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,3923,3925,3928],{"className":3924},[450],[416,3926],{"className":3927,"style":1900},[454],[416,3929,1888],{"className":3930,"style":1904},[459,460],": probability of another encounter with the same 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reputation;",[363,3965,3966,3994],{},[416,3967,3969,3982],{"className":3968},[419],[416,3970,3972],{"className":3971},[423],[425,3973,3974],{"xmlns":427},[429,3975,3976,3980],{},[432,3977,3978],{},[435,3979,3019],{},[439,3981,3019],{"encoding":441},[416,3983,3985],{"className":3984,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,3986,3988,3991],{"className":3987},[450],[416,3989],{"className":3990,"style":2823},[454],[416,3992,3019],{"className":3993,"style":3697},[459,460],": average number of neighbors in a social network;",[363,3996,3997,4025,4026,4054],{},[416,3998,4000,4013],{"className":3999},[419],[416,4001,4003],{"className":4002},[423],[425,4004,4005],{"xmlns":427},[429,4006,4007,4011],{},[432,4008,4009],{},[435,4010,3069],{},[439,4012,3069],{"encoding":441},[416,4014,4016],{"className":4015,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,4017,4019,4022],{"className":4018},[450],[416,4020],{"className":4021,"style":1900},[454],[416,4023,3069],{"className":4024},[459,460],": group size; ",[416,4027,4029,4042],{"className":4028},[419],[416,4030,4032],{"className":4031},[423],[425,4033,4034],{"xmlns":427},[429,4035,4036,4040],{},[432,4037,4038],{},[435,4039,3072],{},[439,4041,3072],{"encoding":441},[416,4043,4045],{"className":4044,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,4046,4048,4051],{"className":4047},[450],[416,4049],{"className":4050,"style":1900},[454],[416,4052,3072],{"className":4053},[459,460],": number of groups.",[324,4056,4057,4060,4061,4063],{},[355,4058,4059],{},"Direct reciprocity"," is the mechanism behind Tit for Tat and ",[337,4062,60],{},". The rule says the same thing as Axelrod and Hamilton's condition in a simpler form: cooperation can evolve when the chance of meeting again is larger than the cost-to-benefit ratio of helping. The other four rules show that repetition is not the only route. Reputation, family ties, and stable local networks can also make cooperation pay.",[347,4065,4067],{"id":4066},"evidence","Evidence",[324,4069,4070],{},"The theory has been tested in several ways.",[360,4072,4073,4087,4096],{},[363,4074,4075,4078,4079,4082,4083],{},[355,4076,4077],{},"Laboratory experiments."," Dal Bó and Fréchette had human participants play repeated prisoner's dilemmas with a random stopping rule. Cooperation did emerge and grow with experience when the probability of continuing was high and the reward for cooperating was large. But it emerged under ",[355,4080,4081],{},"stricter"," conditions than the basic theory requires: people did not reliably cooperate just because cooperation was theoretically possible. ",[341,4084,4086],{"className":4085},[344],"[11]",[363,4088,4089,4092,4093],{},[355,4090,4091],{},"Biology."," Reciprocal altruism has been used to explain behavior such as cleaning symbioses and some alarm calls, although how common strict reciprocity is in animals remains debated. ",[341,4094,2588],{"className":4095},[344],[363,4097,4098,4101,4102,4105],{},[355,4099,4100],{},"Computer models."," The results of Axelrod, Nowak, and Sigmund have been reproduced and extended many times; they are established facts ",[355,4103,4104],{},"about the models",". How far the models describe real societies is a separate, harder question.",[347,4107,4109],{"id":4108},"the-popular-explainer","The Popular Explainer",[324,4111,4112,4113,4115,4116,4120],{},"In July 2017, the designer Nicky Case released ",[337,4114,60],{},", a free interactive guide based on Axelrod's work and the later research on noise. ",[341,4117,4119],{"className":4118},[344],"[1,12]"," It uses the coin machine described at the top of this article, with payoffs that satisfy the prisoner's dilemma conditions.",[324,4122,4123],{},"The player meets a set of characters whose behavior corresponds to strategies from the research literature: a copycat (Tit for Tat), an unconditional cheater and an unconditional cooperator, a grudge-holder that never forgives a single betrayal, a tester that probes its partner before deciding, a more forgiving copycat that waits for two betrayals before retaliating, a character that follows Win-Stay, Lose-Shift, and a random player.",[324,4125,4126],{},"The simulations let the player change three things and watch the population evolve:",[360,4128,4129,4135,4141],{},[363,4130,4131,4134],{},[355,4132,4133],{},"The number of rounds per match."," With too few repeated interactions, cheaters take over.",[363,4136,4137,4140],{},[355,4138,4139],{},"The payoffs."," If mutual cooperation is not rewarding enough, cheaters take over.",[363,4142,4143,4146],{},[355,4144,4145],{},"The rate of mistakes."," With no mistakes, the copycat thrives. With some mistakes, forgiving strategies do better. With too many, trust collapses and cheaters win.",[324,4148,4149,4150,4152],{},"A further lesson is that unconditional cooperators are not the winners. In a population of pure cooperators, a few cheaters thrive and spread. Cooperation is protected by strategies that are willing to cooperate ",[355,4151,1113],{}," willing to retaliate.",[324,4154,4155,4156,4159],{},"The explainer is an accurate popular summary of well-established results. Its closing suggestions about modern social trust are the author's ",[355,4157,4158],{},"interpretation",", reasonable but not tested by the simulation itself.",[347,4161,4163],{"id":4162},"so-is-it-best-not-to-be-selfish","So Is It Best Not to Be Selfish?",[324,4165,4166],{},"The popular conclusion, \"in the end it's best not to be selfish\", is partly right. It needs to be stated precisely.",[324,4168,4169,4172],{},[355,4170,4171],{},"In a one-shot interaction with a stranger you will never meet again, and with nothing else at stake, defection is the self-interested choice."," The mathematics is clear.",[324,4174,4175,4178],{},[355,4176,4177],{},"In repeated interactions, reciprocal cooperation usually does better than selfishness",", provided that:",[1975,4180,4181,4247,4250,4253],{},[363,4182,4183,4184,4246],{},"the chance of meeting again is high enough (",[416,4185,4187,4209],{"className":4186},[419],[416,4188,4190],{"className":4189},[423],[425,4191,4192],{"xmlns":427},[429,4193,4194,4206],{},[432,4195,4196,4198,4200,4202,4204],{},[435,4197,1888],{},[642,4199,1097],{},[435,4201,2781],{},[435,4203,2478],{"mathvariant":2133},[435,4205,2811],{},[439,4207,4208],{"encoding":441},"w > c\u002Fb",[416,4210,4212,4231],{"className":4211,"ariaHidden":446},[445],[416,4213,4215,4219,4222,4225,4228],{"className":4214},[450],[416,4216],{"className":4217,"style":4218},[454],"height:0.5782em;vertical-align:-0.0391em;",[416,4220,1888],{"className":4221,"style":1904},[459,460],[416,4223],{"className":4224,"style":1150},[893],[416,4226,1097],{"className":4227},[1154],[416,4229],{"className":4230,"style":1150},[893],[416,4232,4234,4237,4240,4243],{"className":4233},[450],[416,4235],{"className":4236,"style":1826},[454],[416,4238,2781],{"className":4239},[459,460],[416,4241,2478],{"className":4242},[459],[416,4244,2811],{"className":4245},[459,460],");",[363,4248,4249],{},"mutual cooperation is rewarding enough compared with the temptation to cheat;",[363,4251,4252],{},"mistakes and misunderstandings are fairly rare, or strategies are forgiving enough to recover from them;",[363,4254,4255],{},"cooperators are able and willing to respond to betrayal.",[324,4257,4258,4259,4262],{},"Under these conditions, the strategies that win are not selfless. They are ",[355,4260,4261],{},"nice, retaliatory, forgiving, and clear",". They cooperate first, refuse to be exploited, and do not hold grudges forever.",[324,4264,4265,4266],{},"So a more accurate version of the conclusion is: ",[355,4267,4268],{},"in long relationships, being reliably cooperative, while refusing to be a pushover, is usually in your own interest.",[347,4270,4272],{"id":4271},"limitations-and-open-problems","Limitations and Open Problems",[360,4274,4275,4281,4298,4308],{},[363,4276,4277,4280],{},[355,4278,4279],{},"Simplification."," Real interactions have more than two choices, unequal power, varying payoffs, and communication. Most models leave these out.",[363,4282,4283,4286,4287,4290,4291,4294,4295],{},[355,4284,4285],{},"Many equilibria."," In repeated games, many outcomes can be stable, including permanent mutual defection. The theory says cooperation ",[337,4288,4289],{},"can"," be stable, not that it ",[337,4292,4293],{},"will"," appear. ",[341,4296,4086],{"className":4297},[344],[363,4299,4300,4303,4304],{},[355,4301,4302],{},"No single best strategy."," Which strategy wins depends on who else is in the population. Tit for Tat, Generous Tit for Tat, and Win-Stay, Lose-Shift each do best in some environments and poorly in others. ",[341,4305,4307],{"className":4306},[344],"[8,9]",[363,4309,4310,4313],{},[355,4311,4312],{},"From model to society."," The step from computer tournaments to claims about politics or modern distrust involves interpretation. It is suggestive, not proven.",[347,4315,4317],{"id":4316},"the-conditions-for-cooperation","The Conditions for Cooperation",[324,4319,4320],{},"The prisoner's dilemma explains why cooperation is fragile: in any single moment, betrayal is tempting. The research on repeated games explains why cooperation exists anyway: when relationships last, when their rewards are real, and when mistakes can be forgiven, reciprocal strategies outperform exploitation.",[324,4322,4323],{},"This turns a moral question into a structural one. Whether people cooperate depends not only on their character but on the situation they are in: how often they meet, how clearly they communicate, and whether betrayal has consequences. Changing those conditions can change behavior.",[324,4325,4326],{},"Across many models and experiments, reciprocity can sustain cooperation among self-interested agents. Scaling that result to a society is possible, not guaranteed. The practical problem is how to create the long horizons, clear signals and tolerance for error in which trust has time to grow.",[320,4328,4330],{"id":4329},"references","References",[324,4332,4333,4336,4337,4339,4340,4343],{},[355,4334,345,4335],{}," Case, N. (2017)."," ",[337,4338,60],{},". 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