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_refugee_  ·  4039 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning, by Haruki Murakami

Ha, thanks. It is a good encapsulation of what I want. You sum up the essense well. I want someone who is in on my crazy plans, but as you add in - "knowing each other well enough to help the other out" - someone I can depend upon if things go wrong (as we cavort about breaking the law a la Bonnie and Clyde). Someone who is worthy of my trust in these potentially-madcap adventures.

In a perfect world my perfect partner in crime would be someone who would help me win the prisoner's dilemma. But that requires me to trust them as much as they trust me, and that's where I think I would run into problems first.

Edit: But really. What's two years in prison?

(Being facetious!)





b_b  ·  4039 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The prisoners' dilemma is thre whole key to life. Lots of fucked up things in the world can be understood on that principle. Find someone with whom you can beat the game, and I think life would be easy.

_refugee_  ·  4011 days ago  ·  link  ·  

(I am clearing out my old notifications) I assume you saw & enjoyed the recent post about how prisoners are more likely to work together in the prisoner's dilemma?