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Replying to @HbdNrx
I think European exceptionalism was both genetic and cultural, but the explanation in terms of lower "clannishness" is wrong.
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Replying to @PoisonAero @HbdNrx
Loving everyone wouldn't help big business (capitalism). Instead, that meme leads to communism and virtue signaling.
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Replying to @PoisonAero
How can you have big business if you don't have widespread trust? Maybe you would say that widespread trust requires widespread
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Replying to @HbdNrx
The state. You impose trust using state power. Police, a justice system, etc. The state changes the payoff matrix in the prisoner's dilemma.
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Replying to @PoisonAero
If you put a bunch of very nice Swedes on an island, I expect they'll do quite well with a minimal state. Not true for all groups
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Replying to @HbdNrx
People are different, but Swedes wouldn't be able to cooperate on a large scale without state coercion.
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Replying to @PoisonAero @HbdNrx
On a small scale, tit-for-tat doesn't require state coercion. When everyone knows everyone, trust emerges from experience.
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Here's a quesrion: what strategies do people of different races and cultures tend to use in prisoner's dilemma games?
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Replying to @HbdNrx
I think everyone uses the same strategy: cooperate if reciprocity is expected and cooperation > competition.
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My guess is there will be some interesting racial differences.
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