A population or society in which everyone trusts completely is not an ESS. A population or society in which everyone adopts the slogan “trust, but verify” and cooperates in the punishment of defectors and non-punishing freeriders probably is an ESS, assuming the cost of verification and punishment are low and verification is reasonably effective.
A population or society in which everyone trusts completely is not an ESS. A population or society in which everyone adopts the slogan “trust, but verify” and cooperates in the punishment of defectors and non-punishing freeriders probably is an ESS, assuming the cost of verification and punishment are low and verification is reasonably effective.