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A playable account of why cooperation appears and then collapses, using game theory and roughly ten minutes of attention.
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The Evolution of Trust sits in Sandboxes & Simulators under Play, filed as coffee break.
About this category: Physics toys, ecosystems and falling-sand games with no win condition. Set the initial state, then find out what the rules do with it.
Yes. The Evolution of Trust is free to use and needs no account.
No. You can use The Evolution of Trust without signing up for anything.
Not well. We file The Evolution of Trust as desktop only, so open it on a laptop or desktop computer.
Yes, we file it as safe for work. It also works muted.
We file it as "Coffee break": Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention.
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