“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
“Some things can be recovered. Some things can be restored. But some lost things, we seek forever.”
― Margaret George, quote from Helen of Troy
“Here’s what you did wrong, Adam,” he barked. “I told your parents to make it clear to you that you were not to see Lori again. You did it anyway. at’s what you did
wrong.”
“But—,” I started.
“Shhh,” Lori said beside me.
“That’s—,” I started again.
“Shut up,” Lori muttered.
“—ridiculous,” I finished.
“Adam, stop talking,” Lori said.
“Adam, stop talking,” Frances repeated.”
― Jennifer Echols, quote from Endless Summer
“the combination of being more deliberate about what you want, more clear about what you intend, and more sensitive to the way you feel is, in essence, what the Deliberate Creative Process is all about.”
― Esther Hicks, quote from The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham
“Finally, he knew the kind of loving that made two one and understood Jane was his world. His ocean, his country, his sun, his rain, his very heart.”
― Karen Marie Moning, quote from Into the Dreaming
“Two days she watched them, seeing them refuse all food or comfort and seeking each other as blind men seek, wretched apart and together more wretched still, for then they trembled each for the first avowal.”
― Joseph Bédier, quote from The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
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