[cap-talk] impossibility of solving the "coordinated attack problem" ("generals problem")

[Ben Laurie]

Ian G wrote:
> Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
>> Clearly if we have a face-to-face conversation we can agree about
>> something. So, the argument falls apart in the face of (massive?)
>> scaling.
> 
> You haven't met my girlfriend face-to-face.

I was assuming rationality.

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