Wednesday, February 23, 2022

[utnyunls] resistance should be worse than futile

game theory: in order to disincentivize resistance (because it is costly to put down), you need to punish more those who resist than those who do not.  the Borg are doing it wrong.

or are they?  in not discriminating between those who resist and those who do not, the Borg credibly assert that resistance barely inconveniences them, and therefore that their strength is great.  credibly communicating great strength is game theoretically effective for inducing early surrender.

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