If you have to come back and play this game tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, then there is only one sensible strategy: cooperate. Accept the lesser reward, and get it tomorrow. Because there’s no reason to trust a betrayer when they come back for another round of the game. But I’m still left with another question: what does it do? What is society even for?

Commentary, Personal, Political, Written by: CameronCameron SummersMarch 25, 2020Covid-19, The Prisoner's Dilemma, Doctor Strangelove, memes, Albert Camus, Cannibal Metaphysics, personhood, Metaphors, PoliticsComment

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Hourly And Have Had It With Your Behavior

Look, the assumption that public-facing jobs inherently suck is an outgrowth of the idea that your job should be the locus of personal fulfillment in your life. Americans don’t have hobbies; they have jobs — call it a “calling,” call it a “passion,” call it what the fuck you want, but at the end of the day, it’s just a fucking job.

Analysis, Written by: Edgar, PersonalC.-E. BoylesSeptember 16, 2019service industry, personal, personhood Comment