ChristianKl comments on If you can see the box, you can open the box - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 06 March 2015 12:34:55AM 0 points [-]

Also, it's possible to frame just about anything as punishing defection.

The question is always whether a given interpretation is useful.

The economist position that defecting in prisoner dilemmas isn't evil but punishing defectors is evil seems wrongheaded to me.