I definitely worried about that too. The reason I put in so many examples is because I am not sure which ones are most central. It’s not clear to me how much more there is here than thought experiments, and which ones are closest to reality. One of the pieces I think is most important that I haven’t seen in conventional game theory discussions is the idea that a human being playing an iterated game might want to spend a good chunk of time self-modifying.
I definitely worried about that too. The reason I put in so many examples is because I am not sure which ones are most central. It’s not clear to me how much more there is here than thought experiments, and which ones are closest to reality. One of the pieces I think is most important that I haven’t seen in conventional game theory discussions is the idea that a human being playing an iterated game might want to spend a good chunk of time self-modifying.