Manfred comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 08 July 2012 04:58:08AM *  2 points [-]

Book suggestion: Schelling's Strategy of Conflict.

Immunity to blackmail comes from the potential blackmailers knowing that you wouldn't give in to their demands, so they don't do it. Many decision-making procedures can be constructed that have this property - for example, you could just make a "don't give in bot" that never gives in to blackmail, and distribute its source code to would-be blackmailers.