I mean, this isn’t a big deal either way, but I suspect that the exposure of the median LWer to game theory consists primarily of the prisoner’s dilemma, where “cooperate” is the standard name for one of the two actions.
Regardless, the original post is correct in it’s use. “cooperation” can be among a subgroup, even if it’s antagonistic or lower-value to other subgroups or the naive sum of the whole.
I also wondered something like this when reading, but this felt like a bad reason to use the term. But, well, it really just comes down to what you associate with the term.
I mean, this isn’t a big deal either way, but I suspect that the exposure of the median LWer to game theory consists primarily of the prisoner’s dilemma, where “cooperate” is the standard name for one of the two actions.
I also wondered something like this when reading, but this felt like a bad reason to use the term. But, well, it really just comes down to what you associate with the term.