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MotivationalAppeal comments on Skills and Antiskills - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: katydee 26 April 2014 06:54AM

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Comment author: MotivationalAppeal 14 December 2014 05:13:25AM 0 points [-]

Not learning combat skills as a commitment to avoid conflict is a nice mirror image of Schelling's Xenophon example, where cutting off your ability to retreat is a way to commit yourself to winning a fight.