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by dustingetz 2540 days ago
The resolution to the economic prisoner’s dilemma is religion, which evolved to coordinate the globally shared values needed to defeat a backstab/backstab situation. For example “thou shalt not murder” is win/win.
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in what world does murdering someone have equivalently inconspicuous externalities as burning fossil fuels?
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