@ricburton There’s a great line of research trying to answer your question. A 2008 paper shows that in a repeated game setting where players can cooperate, defect, or punish, the players who gained most punished least—punishment is counterproductive to win
@BrandonBretl @cconrymurray @nm_yucel @JimACEverett @paulbloomatyale @CillianMacAodh @JonHaidt @sapinker BUT... Do humans really punish altruistically? https://t.co/GmtUOGgG0z Winners don't punish: https://t.co/efSJ7N2bCK Third-party punishment might refl
RT @freakonometrics "Winners don’t punish" https://t.co/y6jzEiNzd2
RT @eegilbert: I think about ranting, and then I think about this paper. http://t.co/jty8HZzA