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

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

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 11 December 2010 10:13:53AM 1 point [-]

I need examples to get any further in understanding. Can you give a toy model that is certainly blackmail according to your definition, so that I can contrast it with other situations?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 11 December 2010 12:29:15PM -1 points [-]

Can you give a toy model that is certainly blackmail according to your definition, so that I can contrast it with other situations?

I don't understand. Simple blackmail is certainly blackmail. The problem here seemed to be with games that are bigger than that, why do you ask about simple blackmail, which you certainly already understood from my first description?