From memory of The Evolution of Cooperation-- the soldiers didn't refuse to fire their artillery. They aimed to miss.
Artillery truces drove the generals crazy, and they tried various solutions that I don't remember. None of the solutions worked until they discovered by accident that frequently rotating the artillery crews meant that histories of trust couldn't be developed.
Perhaps the generals could be viewed as building cooperation at their own level to maintain the killing.
Perhaps the generals could be viewed as building cooperation at their own level to maintain the killing.
What would they be thinking? What would their goals be, and why?
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