Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Volume 5 | Issue 1
January 2015
Prisoner's Dilemma
Raymond N. Greenwell
Hofstra University, [email protected]
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Greenwell, R. N. "Prisoner's Dilemma," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 5 Issue 1 ( January 2015), pages 297-297. DOI:
10.5642/jhummath.201501.19 . Available at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol5/iss1/19
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Prisoner’s Dilemma
Raymond N. Greenwell
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
[email protected]
Your best choice is my demise.
My wise choice is your defeat.
So we both make our mediocre choices,
Knowing we are climbing up a molehill,
Sliding toward a slightly sorry spot.
Life could be much sweeter.
Death would be much worse.
Equilibrium is not bliss,
But it’s stable.
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Vol 5, No 1, January 2015