tit-for-tat works in a larger setting as well, in fact it works better because you can ostracize and punish.
I didn’t know that! Do you have a source?
These appear to be regarding typical 2 player prisoner’s dilemmas. What I’m curious about is if there’s an academic literature about this for larger groups, where they ostracize and punish.
Because if it works for them, then it can work for us… We could build unions where we signal to each other the same way, without need for central leadership.