positivesum

How Microsoft’s ruth­less em­ployee eval­u­a­tion sys­tem an­nihilated team col­lab­o­ra­tion.

• positivesum 24 Nov 2023 11:52 UTC

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  in reply to: ChristianKl’s comment on: How “Pinky Promise” diplo­macy once stopped a war in the Mid­dle East

  Also it seems that in extreme cases, formal agreements aren’t enough either. For example the USA’s pretty much unilateral cessation of many of its commitments under the Iran nuclear agreement the moment Trump took office. That one was supposed to go on for a-LOT more years.

• positivesum 23 Nov 2023 23:43 UTC

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  in reply to: lc’s comment on: How “Pinky Promise” diplo­macy once stopped a war in the Mid­dle East

  So glad you liked it!

• positivesum 22 Nov 2023 22:43 UTC

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  in reply to: Shankar Sivarajan’s comment on: How “Pinky Promise” diplo­macy once stopped a war in the Mid­dle East

  There has been a misunderstanding—I did not mean to say any of this at all, let alone mock.

  I would absolutely LOVE to hear about more examples of honor playing a significant role in international relations, especially conflict de-escalation! Perhaps I’m simply not familiar enough.

  It would certainly make my day to learn that this is a more common occurrence than I ever thought it could be!

How “Pinky Promise” diplo­macy once stopped a war in the Mid­dle East

Great Em­pa­thy and Great Re­sponse Ability

• positivesum 11 Nov 2023 23:39 UTC

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  in reply to: RedMan’s comment on: A free to en­ter, 240 char­ac­ter, open-source iter­ated pris­oner’s dilemma tournament

  *Generous Tit for Tat!

The case for “Gen­er­ous Tit for Tat” as the ul­ti­mate game the­ory strategy