So, when there is no “best strategy”, what is the best strategy? In a 1980’s movie called “War Games” the main point of the movie was a computer telling us the best solution to conflict is not to have conflict. Agreed, but is that even possible between humans?
Life demands we accommodate each other. There is a classic answer from game theory how to keep the peace. Have a look here. Glad to answer questions.
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/1998-99/game-theory/axelrod.html
So, when there is no “best strategy”, what is the best strategy? In a 1980’s movie called “War Games” the main point of the movie was a computer telling us the best solution to conflict is not to have conflict. Agreed, but is that even possible between humans?
"The only way to win, is not to play."
Man is both highly cooperative and fiercely competitive. That’s why the Hoover Dam and Panama Canal.
Competition yields ingenuity and bounty of free market, but also wars so often we number them.
Today, rising prosperity makes it best to share, rather than ruin the accords.
So local squabbles but big guns holstered.