An important detail was left out: the actual most-effective-game-theory-strategy is tit-for-tat with *random forgiveness* that prevents these sorts of cycles from spiraling out of control. Therein lies the difficulty, convincing one or both sides of the conflict to have mercy on the other in the hopes that it ends the cycle. But decision…
An important detail was left out: the actual most-effective-game-theory-strategy is tit-for-tat with *random forgiveness* that prevents these sorts of cycles from spiraling out of control. Therein lies the difficulty, convincing one or both sides of the conflict to have mercy on the other in the hopes that it ends the cycle. But decision-makers are often risk-averse, especially in high-stakes cases, and it can be political suicide to look a fool forgiving the other side only to have it backfire.
An important detail was left out: the actual most-effective-game-theory-strategy is tit-for-tat with *random forgiveness* that prevents these sorts of cycles from spiraling out of control. Therein lies the difficulty, convincing one or both sides of the conflict to have mercy on the other in the hopes that it ends the cycle. But decision-makers are often risk-averse, especially in high-stakes cases, and it can be political suicide to look a fool forgiving the other side only to have it backfire.