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How "Pinky Promise" diplomacy once stopped a war in the Middle East 2023-11-22T12:03:48.325Z

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Comment by positivesum on The case for "Generous Tit for Tat" as the ultimate game theory strategy · 2024-05-04T19:41:42.097Z · LW · GW

Please feel free to elaborate on the specific qualms you have with what's written! Super happy to retract anything necessary and learn!

Comment by positivesum on How "Pinky Promise" diplomacy once stopped a war in the Middle East · 2023-11-24T11:52:06.963Z · LW · GW

Also it seems that in extreme cases, formal agreements aren't enough either. For example the USA's pretty much unilateral cessation of many of its commitments under the Iran nuclear agreement the moment Trump took office. That one was supposed to go on for a-LOT more years.

Comment by positivesum on How "Pinky Promise" diplomacy once stopped a war in the Middle East · 2023-11-23T23:43:10.650Z · LW · GW

So glad you liked it!

Comment by positivesum on How "Pinky Promise" diplomacy once stopped a war in the Middle East · 2023-11-22T22:43:11.605Z · LW · GW

There has been a misunderstanding - I did not mean to say any of this at all, let alone mock.

I would absolutely LOVE to hear about more examples of honor playing a significant role in international relations, especially conflict de-escalation! Perhaps I'm simply not familiar enough.

It would certainly make my day to learn that this is a more common occurrence than I ever thought it could be!

Comment by positivesum on A free to enter, 240 character, open-source iterated prisoner's dilemma tournament · 2023-11-11T23:39:50.450Z · LW · GW

*Generous Tit for Tat!