This was a really interesting read and I really liked the whole thing right up until the last two sentences which are for some reason asserted with no argument in favor of them? Or possibly I am not following how the preceding content is an argument in favor?
The warrior ethos is the result of an iterated hawk-dove game.
In the hawk-dove game, playing ‘hawk’ only works if the ratio at which you value winning over surviving is higher than your opponent’s.
Gaining the ‘warrior ethos’ requires driving the amount that you value surviving down to epsilon, so that no one can successfully back you down with a threat to your life.
This was a really interesting read and I really liked the whole thing right up until the last two sentences which are for some reason asserted with no argument in favor of them? Or possibly I am not following how the preceding content is an argument in favor?
The warrior ethos is the result of an iterated hawk-dove game.
In the hawk-dove game, playing ‘hawk’ only works if the ratio at which you value winning over surviving is higher than your opponent’s.
Gaining the ‘warrior ethos’ requires driving the amount that you value surviving down to epsilon, so that no one can successfully back you down with a threat to your life.