Cooperate or defend
Know when to trust, when to protect yourself, and how reputation builds.
Why it matters
Most of life is repeated: the same colleagues, suppliers and classmates. Being trustworthy but not a pushover, cooperating first and answering betrayal, builds the reputation that makes future deals easy.
The question to ask
Will we deal with each other again, and what does this choice teach them about me?
At work
Start a new supplier on good terms and pay on time, but keep the contract clear on what happens if they miss a delivery.
In study
In a group project, do your share first and say early, and plainly, when someone is not doing theirs.
Lessons
Practise it in a game, about five minutes against bots: the Prisoner's Dilemma lab.
Use it in a work case, a short story of linked decisions: The group project, Your first job.
Practise and review
Questions from every lesson above, in mixed order. You do not need to finish a lesson first.
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- In the games
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