wedrifid comments on Real World Solutions to Prisoners' Dilemmas - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 05 July 2012 04:40:07AM 2 points [-]

People are hard-wired to obey social norms and cooperate with members of their communities even in the absence of personal consequences like reputation.

People are hard-wired to manage reputation through some forms of cooperation without explicitly thinking about the consequences to reputation in each instance.