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This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.

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A massive thank you to Prof. Robert Axelrod and Prof. Steven Strogatz for their expertise and time.

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A huge thank you to those who helped us understand and fact check different parts of this topic Dr. Christian Hilbe, Dr. Vincent Knight, Dr. Jelena Grujic, Prof. Andreas Diekmann, and Dr. Alexander Stewart.

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Written by Casper Mebius, Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Ashley Hamer
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