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The game theorists found an easy way to replicate that concept of trust: run the same game again. Repeatedly. An indefinite amount of times.  
The game theorists found an easy way to replicate that concept of trust: run the same game again. Repeatedly. An indefinite amount of times.  


===“Iterated” [[prisoner’s dilemma]]===
The same actors get to observe how each other act, and respond accordingly. If your counterpart defects, you have a means of retaliating: by defecting on the next game, or by refusing to play the game any more with that counterparty.
The same actors get to observe how each other act, and respond accordingly. If your counterpart defects, you have a means of retaliating: by defecting on the next game, or by refusing to play the game any more with that counterparty.


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