Freefall 3564
Flo and Gregor at the ship
[!0.987]2021-03-10
So you do have trade and an economic system.
There are times when
it is more profitable
to trade than steal.
it is more profitable
to trade than steal.
It's a struggle, though. Asking
a sqid not to steal is like putting a marshmallow in front of a kid and telling him he'll get two if he waits.
a sqid not to steal is like putting a marshmallow in front of a kid and telling him he'll get two if he waits.
A human child will either eat the marshmallow or wait. A sqidling would eat the marshmallow, leave the room to find where it came from and then run off with the rest of the bag.
Color by George Peterson
Stanford marshmallow experiment