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Jiro comments on [LINK] The P + epsilon Attack (Precommitment in cryptoeconomics) - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: DanielVarga 29 January 2015 02:02AM

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Comment author: Jiro 06 November 2015 06:55:05PM 1 point [-]

Unless they're 12 years old, losing a couple of dollars is not really all that damaging.

Comment author: gjm 06 November 2015 08:45:16PM 1 point [-]

I bet the actual gain in wisdom, relative to just telling them "don't do that", is in proportion to the damage.