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Tesseract comments on Unpacking the Concept of "Blackmail" - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 December 2010 12:53AM

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Comment author: Tesseract 10 December 2010 11:34:06AM 6 points [-]

That makes sense from a reciprocal altruism perspective. If someone can benefit you at no cost to themself, and doesn't, that probably indicates a lack of intent to cooperate under all circumstances. The natural response is hostility.