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This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Head to to start your free 30-day 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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Directed by Casper Mebius
Written by Casper Mebius, Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Ashley Hamer
Additional research and fact checking by Gregor Čavlović and Will Wood
Edited by Peter Nelson
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