“Based upon the tournament results and the formal propositions, four simple suggestions are offered for individual choice: do not be envious of the other player’s success; do not be the first to defect; reciprocate both cooperation and defection; and do not be too clever.”
― quote from The Evolution of Cooperation
“under suitable conditions, cooperation can indeed emerge in a world of egoists without central authority. To”
― quote from The Evolution of Cooperation
“When the players will never meet again, the strategy of defection is the only stable strategy.”
― quote from The Evolution of Cooperation
“The Cooperation Theory that is presented in this book is based upon an investigation of individuals who pursue their own self-interest without the aid of a central authority to force them to cooperate with each other.”
― quote from The Evolution of Cooperation
“What accounts for TIT FOR TAT’s robust success is its combination of being nice, retaliatory, forgiving, and clear. Its”
― quote from The Evolution of Cooperation
“The discrimination of others may be among the most important of abilities because it allows one to handle interactions with many individuals without having to treat them all the same, thus making possible the rewarding of cooperation from one individual and the punishing of defection from another.”
― quote from The Evolution of Cooperation
“Reciprocity is certainly not a good basis for a morality of aspiration. Yet it is more than just the morality of egoism. It”
― quote from The Evolution of Cooperation
“Women dress for women, if we dressed for me, we'd all be running around naked.”
― Jillian Dodd, quote from Stalk Me
“Nobody should set your value but you.”
― Christine Zolendz, quote from Here's to Falling
“What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.
“Have you known me to lie before?”
“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Mistborn: The Final Empire
“Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with boys. No one trains us to shield our hearts from each other. With girls, it's total vulnerability from the beginning. Our skin is bare and soft. We love with claws and teeth and the blood is just proof of how much. It's feral.
And it's relentless.”
― Elliot Wake, quote from Black Iris
“Were God to show grace to all of Adam's descendants, men would at once conclude that He was righteously compelled to take them to heaven as meet compensation for allowing the human race to fall into sin. But the great God in under no obligation to any of his creatures, least of all to those who are rebels against him.”
― Arthur W. Pink, quote from The Attributes of God
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