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trust game

'Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again.' - George W Bush

You can learn a lot from games, especially educational games. Luckilly for us, we have Nicky Case to thanks for her trust game to teach us how trust works in society. And who usually wins.

The 3 general rules as stated in the conclusion are:

  1. REPEAT INTERACTIONS: Trust keeps a relationship going, but you need the knowledge of possible future repeat interactions before trust can evolve.
  2. POSSIBLE WIN-WINS: You must be playing a non-zero-sum game, a game where it's at least possible that both players can be better off -- a win-win.
  3. LOW MISCOMMUNICATION: If the level of miscommunication is too high, trust breaks down. But when there's a little bit of miscommunication, it pays to be more forgiving.

Rule 3 explains why there is lowered trust in the current media environment. When all you read about the other side is their hypocrisy and bad-faith actions, you'll very quickly lose trust on the other side.

enlightenment

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." - Denis Diderot

"Denis Diderot (/ˈdiːdəroʊ/;[3] French: [dəni did(ə)ʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie"

Philosophers are very opinionated.