thilmo

When I was a kid and I read about the Prisoner's dilemma in the context of morality, I was always confused. Surely the moral thing is to confess if you're guilty. If you're guilty, and your accomplice is guilty, the right thing to do is confess to the police so that you can be rightfully punished.

As an adult I understand that this isn't the point of the story, and the police-and-prisoners aspect of the story is completely extraneous to the point trying to be made. Still, I can't help but think that the police-and-prisoners is a bad example of the broader point, since there's always a third set of interests (that of the police, and of society in general) which is callously (and immorally) tossed aside in the phrasing of the problem.

>Volunteer to help immigrants assimilate

I thought the idea of immigrants assimilating was considered "racist" nowadays.

Perhaps Trump really has moved the Overton window a bit?

How about the best way:

7. THINK

Think up better arguments, that might convince people. Examine your own opinions, to see whether they're actually right. Examine your opponents' opinions, to see whether they're right too. Maybe come up with new ways of thinking about the issue which are better than the way anyone's thinking about them at the moment. And then start talking.

People in politics should put less thought into HOW CAN I SPEAK LOUDER and more thought into how they can think of smarter things to say?

They're also inventing new games, like truck bowling...

Protesting at an airport seems like the worst dick move you could possibly pull off, and guaranteed to make enemies of just about everyone you see.

Why do people think that bothering random people is a good way to convert them to your cause?