{"id":1493,"date":"2023-03-06T10:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-prisoners-dilemma-animated-the-marginalian\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:47:47","slug":"the-prisoners-dilemma-animated-the-marginalian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-prisoners-dilemma-animated-the-marginalian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prisoner\u2019s Dilemma Animated \u2013 The Marginalian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Illuminating the pitfalls of the mind in felt and gingerbread.<\/h2>\n

By Maria Popova<\/h3>\n
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\u201cReal generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present,\u201d Albert Camus wrote as he considered what it really means to be in solidarity with justice<\/a> \u2014 an elegantly phrased reminder that the decisions we make today are the only fulcrum by which we move the outcomes of tomorrow. And yet the greatest pitfall of human consciousness might be our habitual forgetting of this fundamental fact.<\/p>\n

In 1950, two mathematicians working on game theory devised a cruelly brilliant thought experiment demonstrating just how poorly we manage to calibrate future outcomes for our own best interests, exposing a secret underground of consciousness where mathematics and morality converge. Known as The Prisoner\u2019s Dilemma, it illuminates the complex dynamics that govern loyalty, betrayal, collaboration, and trust \u2014 dynamics that play out in myriad subtle ways across our everyday lives. <\/p>\n

The classic thought experiment comes alive with unexpected delight in this animated short film from TED-Ed<\/a> by economist Lucas Husted and animators Ivana Bo\u0161njak and Thomas Johnson Volda:<\/p>\n