85 million people. It’s hard to forget that the war on terror gave the world more terror. Anyways, if you see someone from Iran these days go easy on them. We didn’t choose this.

that in order to get a hostile entity be incentivized, you have to create costs for them. Unfortunately, at this point it’s hard to see how these attacks - supported by all leaders of the “free” world - even if they lead to a regime change will bring peace, prosperity and democracy for a country of

nuclear program. We are also being bombarded at the behest of a war mongering criminal who seems like soon will be joined by another opportunist. It’s hard to describe the extent of hopelessness that this entails. As far as I can tell, wars don’t bring democracy and peace. The economist in me knows

I realize maybe tit-for-tat is not the right word to use here but say I am a referee and for some idiosyncratic reason i don't like something in a paper. If I am a repeat referee I keep rejecting the paper. The tit-for-tat can happen if the authors learn my identity and use the same strategy on me!

Wouldn’t you want to avoid tit for tat behavior in refereeing?

Statutory or the actual ones paid?

Oh that! Sure. I read the Atlantic, New Yorker and the Wired. Everywhere else I just follow the headlines. No reason to read the texts!!

I didn’t get the NYT part!?🤔

Even when they have time, the opponents, they don’t seem to know where to run !!!(schumer)

Yet everyday something new and unbelievable! WTH??!!

Is the logic very different from equilibria involved in Pareto dominated strategies in infinitely repeated games?

there is an obscure old one that Ricky Vohra told us about by Anderson and Nash! I haven’t read it super carefully but it has some very powerful results!

And ignoring any experts’ advice.

While I think invasion of Iraq was worse for the world than trump up to now, I think there is a difference here. That was done within the confines of the democratic institutions - majority U.S. population was behind it, and some experts. What’s happening now is outside of the democratic institutions

My personal opinion is that Hamas is ultimately responsible for all the atrocities committed by Israel. Yet, how can we possibly punish a person for simply stating they are pro Hamas?

People on the left might be mad at me for saying this due to her position on abortion but isn't it better if we can have a position that doesn't fit the party line and that does not warrant wanting to punch each other?

That is why I found the fact that someone deemed to be on the very right voted without her politics is something to celebrate. I am sure she got some angry phone calls from the orange man or the genius with the buzzsaw! Maybe something positive to hang on to but maybe too early!