How to outsmart the Prisoner’s Dilemma - Lucas Husted
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Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when they’re caught by a fox. Instead of simply eating them, he decides to put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma. He’ll ask each gingerbread man whether he’d opt to Spare or Sacrifice the other. What should they choose? Lucas Husted dives into the classic game theory scenario: the Prisoner's Dilemma.
The solution to the repeated game rested on a notion of discounting the future, do you think this is a realistic addition to the scenario? Why or why not?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Lucas Husted
- Director Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Storyboard Artist Ivana Bošnjak
- Art Director Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Compositor Ivana Bošnjak
- Animator Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Composer Adam Alexander, Gavin Dodds
- Sound Designer Adam Alexander
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Script Editor Cella Wright
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
