It seems like an obviously sensible thing to do from a game-theoretic point of view.
Hmm, seems highly contingent on how well-known the gift would be? And even if potential future Petrovs are vaguely aware that this happened to Petrov’s heirs, it’s not clear that it would be an important factor when they make key decisions, if anything it would probably feel pretty speculative/distant as a possible positive consequence of doing the right thing. Especially if those future decisions are not directly analogous to Petrov’s, such that it’s not clear whether it’s the same category. But yeah, mainly I just suspect this type of thing to not get enough attention that it ends up shifting important decisions in the future? Interesting idea, though—upvoted.
Hmm, seems highly contingent on how well-known the gift would be? And even if potential future Petrovs are vaguely aware that this happened to Petrov’s heirs, it’s not clear that it would be an important factor when they make key decisions, if anything it would probably feel pretty speculative/distant as a possible positive consequence of doing the right thing. Especially if those future decisions are not directly analogous to Petrov’s, such that it’s not clear whether it’s the same category. But yeah, mainly I just suspect this type of thing to not get enough attention that it ends up shifting important decisions in the future? Interesting idea, though—upvoted.