ENDA and the LGBT Prisoner's Dilemma
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Austen Crowder
April 27, 2010 7:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/04/enda_and_the_lgbt_prisoners_dilemma.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/04/enda_and_the_lgbt_prisoners_dilemma.php)
The Prisoner's Dilemma acts as one of the cornerstones of modern game theory, and its usefulness in discussion cooperation never ceases to amaze me. I wanted to drag it out on the floor today, considering our recent actions on ENDA, DADT, and same-sex marriage, and use the game to explain why GetEQUAL is being so successful.