That seems like a quirk of the specific framing chosen for the typical thought experiment. There are plenty of analogous scenarios where there’s no third party who benefits if the players defect. Climate change in a world with only two countries, for example.
That seems like a quirk of the specific framing chosen for the typical thought experiment. There are plenty of analogous scenarios where there’s no third party who benefits if the players defect. Climate change in a world with only two countries, for example.