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drethelin comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 07 July 2015 09:40PM

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Comment author: drethelin 08 July 2015 06:04:46AM 1 point [-]

not true! sure you know they've stolen, but now they can't get away with it. This makes them more trustworthy, negating stigma.

Comment author: DanielLC 08 July 2015 06:21:17AM 6 points [-]

They can't get away with robbery. There are ways to defect in the prisoner's dilemma that are less overt. The reason people don't like to hire convicts isn't because of anything that would be prevented by an anklet.