What The Prisoner’s Dilemma Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Head to to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.
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A massive thank you to Prof. Robert Axelrod and Prof. Steven Strogatz for their expertise and time.
To read more about Prof. Axelrod’s Passion for Cooperation visit:
A massive thanks to the wonderful Nicky Case. Nicky’s “The Evolution of Trust” game was a huge inspiration for this video. We highly recommend you play this excellent game yourself, over at:
A huge thank you to those who helped us understand and fact check different parts of this topic - Dr. Christian Hilbe, Dr. Vincent Knight, Dr. Jelena Grujic, Prof. Andreas Diekmann, and Dr. Alexander Stewart.
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Summary of Axelrod’s work by This Place -
How to outsmart the Prisoner’s Dilemma by TED-Ed -
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Binmore, K. (2007). Game theory: a very short introduction. OUP Oxford.
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Axelrod, R. (1980). More effective choice in the prisoner’s dilemma. Journal of conflict resolution, 24(3), 379-403. -
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Decommisioned nuke image via The Moscow Times -
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Decommissioning nuclear weapon via ShareAmerica -
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Written by Casper Mebius, Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Ashley Hamer
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