# Principles of Cooperation Self-interested agents which form stable long-term relationships with positive sum outcomes have the following properties: ## Be kind - Give more than taking, generally, people reciprocate in mutually benefictial ways ## Be forgiving - When a person defects, don't assume malintent and cut them off harshly from transcting ## Be retaliatory - punish commensurately to disincentivise unwanted behavior ## Be consistent - reward and punishment should be transparent