Wolves and men.

Game theory and everyday life

Pixelation in game theory means that. When the entirety tuns unnecessary the individuals are starting to rise. There is a point where the individual benefit will face the benefit of the entire group. The benefit of the entire group is not always the benefit of its single members. 

And at that point, there is the possibility. That benefit of the individual will win the benefit of the group. The pixelation means that the entirety is forming of the smaller and smaller subgroups. And the smallest possible sub-group is a single person or member of the group. 

When wolves are sharing their meal. They start to fight with each other That thing can use as an example where remove outcoming threats causing the entirety to turn chaotic. 

The benefit of an individual member of the group wins the benefit of the group. And that causes problems with safety when wolves start to fight with each other. 

When we think that the species want to maximize their benefit that thing will also continue in the level of individual organisms. The species is forming the main group. And then there will be the sub- or internal groups of species. That means there is always the situation where the benefit of the individual organism. Would cross benefit of the group. That thing is visible in things like wolfpacks. 

When wolves are hunting their prey they are cooperating. But when the prey is killed it's time to eat. At that moment the wolfpack would not make anything controlled. Those predators start to fight about the food. At that moment the benefit of the individual crosses the benefit of the group. When wolves are fighting about their food there is the risk. Other predators like eagles or foxes are attacking wolfpacks' small members. 

And because the hierarchy in wolfpack is extreme. There is the possibility that some pack members will not get food. Or in the most shocking cases, nobody will get food because their time will spend to fight. And the meat is frozen or some other animals steal the prey. In that case, the personal benefit that is the position in the hierarchy risks the entire group. 

The outside threat or opportunity is making the group work together. But when the goal like caribou is dead and food is ready. The internal order is gone. This is the thing that we should think about when we are making contracts. If somebody offers something cheap. We should as why that actor is making those things? Nobody offers anything for free. There is always some kind of reason for cheap offers. 

When the outside actor wants to break the alliance against itself it can offer something that it has. That offer would consist of the energy supply or some high-tech shipments. The purpose of this strategy where the other actors get cheaper offers than others is unequal to the alliance. That means some nations feel that cheap energy is the thing, that may make them leave the line. And the stick is the nuclear weapons. 

Cheap energy and natural resources are carrots. Nukes are the stick.

But they have other roles. The purpose of nukes is to increase the power of the nation. In the international arena. Nuclear weapons are meant to give extra value to the military forces. Political leaders of the country are highlighted as the persons who decide the use of nuclear weapons. Military forces are not independent. They are part of the state. They exist in all areas and sectors where that nation and state are acting. 

Those very destructing weapons make shields against outcoming attacks. But they can also use to offer an honorable way to withdraw the situation. If a country owns nuclear weapons. That guarantees that the patience against it is endless. 

People in the states are acting a little bit like wolfpacks and wolves. They are acting as a team as long that is a common benefit. The common benefit is to act for some goal like eliminating the outside threat. But when the outside threat would not exist anymore that will break the internal homogeneity of the state. The consensus will break. And the benefit of the individual members of the groups will rise above the benefit of other individuals.