You’ll Never Be as Radical as This 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf

August 23, 2017August 20, 2017 ~ cafebedouin

"Disparaged and abandoned by his fellow Quakers, Lay eventually helped win the debate over slavery. He wanted to provoke, to unsettle, even to confound — to make people think and act. His greatest power, indeed his genius, lay in his gift as an agitator. In every meeting he attended, public or private, he drew a … Continue reading You’ll Never Be as Radical as This 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf

Life Lessons from the Prisoner’s Dilemma

August 19, 2017August 16, 2017 ~ cafebedouin

"Axelrod attributed the success of TFT [Tit For Tat] to four properties. It is nice, meaning that it is never the first to defect. The eight nice entries in Axelrod's tournament were the eight highest ranking strategies. It is retaliatory, making it difficult for it to be exploited by the rules that were not nice. … Continue reading Life Lessons from the Prisoner’s Dilemma