Stuart_Armstrong comments on Gains from trade: Slug versus Galaxy - how much would I give up to control you? - Less Wrong

33 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 23 July 2013 07:06PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 24 July 2013 06:39:33AM 0 points [-]

In your example, you setup the galaxy to care more about losing a leaf than gaining one (which is fine!), hence triggering the "you can only lose as much as you can gain".

But within these constraints, there is no reason to suspect one player will come out ahead.