victorsintnicolaas

• victorsintnicolaas 9 Sep 2021 6:23 UTC

  2 points

  in reply to: Panashe Fundira’s comment on: Book re­view: Knowl­edge and De­ci­sions by Thomas Sowell

  At the moment I’m adhering to the boring agnostic (rationalistic?) view: both competition and cooperation, markets and organizations, have their roles to play in society.
  
  I’m fine with his political claims, just wish his potential mood affiliation was clearly spelled out

• victorsintnicolaas 29 Apr 2021 16:18 UTC

  3 points

  in reply to: philh’s comment on: Paper re­view: A Cryp­to­graphic Solu­tion to a Game The­o­retic Problem

  Thanks for the additions, will note the original paper in future posts!

• victorsintnicolaas 27 Apr 2021 6:55 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: Dagon’s comment on: Paper re­view: A Cryp­to­graphic Solu­tion to a Game The­o­retic Problem

  Although the original paper didn’t mention this, I think your description makes sense! Indeed “the game must go on” even in case of stopping. One simpler idea of how to model the situation with moderator: there are just two players who have actions (1) adhere to (crypto) mediator’s advice (2) deviate from advice.
  
  Thanks for the insight about adding uncertainty to avoid ending with defection!