How to Outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma

How to Outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma

6 mins | Documentary, Animation | Aug. 27, 2020

Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when they’re caught by a fox. Instead of simply eating them, he decides to put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma. He’ll ask each gingerbread man whether he’d opt to Spare or Sacrifice the other. What should they choose? Lucas Husted dives into the classic game theory scenario: the Prisoner's Dilemma.

How to Outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma

6 mins | Documentary, Animation | Aug. 27, 2020

How to Outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma
Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when they’re caught by a fox. Instead of simply eating them, he decides to put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma. He’ll ask each gingerbread man whether he’d opt to Spare or Sacrifice the other. What should they choose? Lucas Husted dives into the classic game theory scenario: the Prisoner's Dilemma.
Producers TED
Original title How to Outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma
Directors Thomas Johnson, Ivana Bošnjak Volda
Writers Lucas Husted

Cast

Addison Anderson

as Narrator (voice)