= Optional prisoner's dilemma
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The Optional Prisoner's Dilemma is a variation of the classic Prisoner's Dilemma, a standard problem in game theory. In the traditional Prisoner's Dilemma, two players can either cooperate or defect, with the optimal strategy for both players being to defect, given that each player anticipates the other’s temptation to defect. The dilemma illustrates a situation where individual rationality leads to a worse collective outcome.
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