Success demands understanding ourselves, organization, and relationships. I never heard of Anatol Rapoport until recently (my loss). Here's a quote about him:
"Known for formulating the “Tit for Tat” strategy, his approach to game theory reflected a nuanced understanding of knowledge, wisdom, and ethics; the differences, for example, between modeling behavior—what works as an algorithm in a structured game—and solving complex human social interactions."
Rapoport began as a musician/mathematician, earned a doctoral degree and became an international expert on Game Theory, peace activist, and Professor at the University of Toronto.
He won an international competition in Game Theory to solve the "Prisoner's Dilemma." His simplest of solutions found that repeating your opponent's last move was a winning strategy. His four lines of FORTRAN code read, "cooperates on the first move, and then does whatever the other player did on the previous move. It has a long history, since it can be identified with the ancient lex talionis (law of retaliation) or an eye for an eye.” Players do best through cooperation. This has also been called, "conditional niceness."
Translation? Over the breadth of "competition", cooperation is favored. But if our competitor defects from competition, changing strategies to noncooperation until they cooperate is better. Be a welcome mat not a doormat.
Envision how this works for team communication, contracts, and resource disputes (e.g. scheduling, practice time, budget). This strategy doesn't always win, but performs well over time in varying conditions.
Lagniappe: Today's Menu, Miscellaneous Highlights
Translation? Over the breadth of "competition", cooperation is favored. But if our competitor defects from competition, changing strategies to noncooperation until they cooperate is better. Be a welcome mat not a doormat.
Envision how this works for team communication, contracts, and resource disputes (e.g. scheduling, practice time, budget). This strategy doesn't always win, but performs well over time in varying conditions.
Lagniappe: Today's Menu, Miscellaneous Highlights
The Heat defense - ball pressure, nail covered, Helpside I, and ballside help that can still react to the corner.
But NBA skill can overcome good defense as shown by Victor Oladipo.
Cutting produces the highest NBA points per possession.
And can it be an accident that the Mavs (Doncic) and Lakers (LeBron) are near the top?
The Butler did it. "Basketball is a game of separation." Butler shows the head-and-shoulder fake to shake free.
Iverson cut turns into "different" action with an off-ball screen and roll. Beautiful.
