RichardKennaway comments on Thomas C. Schelling's "Strategy of Conflict" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 18 January 2011 01:28:09PM 6 points [-]

Terrible article in many ways - this is a very silly thing to say:

Schelling and McNaughton pondered the problem for more than an hour. In the end, they failed to come up with a single plausible answer to these most basic questions. So assured when writing about sending signals with force and inflicting pain to make an opponent behave, Tom Schelling, when faced with a real-life war, was stumped.

BTW, after a conversation with Eliezer at the weekend, I have just asked my employers to buy this book.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 18 January 2011 04:59:21PM 1 point [-]

BTW, after a conversation with Eliezer at the weekend, I have just asked my employers to buy this book.

What do your employers do, that the book is relevant there? What they (assuming the CV on your web site is up to date) say about themselves on their web site is curiously unspecific.

Comment author: ciphergoth 18 January 2011 09:29:51PM 7 points [-]

I work for a computer consultancy; we do all sorts of things. The book is relevant because while we generally enjoy excellent relations with all our clients, it can sometimes happen that they muck us about, for example on rates.

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