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A book titled for this behavior laments anglophone readers’ lack of access to the Karl Kessler lectures that inspired its author to link institutions like the Lifeboat Association and artéls to small wagtails’ ability to fight off hawks. A book titled for this behavior promotes the adages (10[1])“don’t be too clever” and “don’t be envious” and spun out of a paper co-authored with W. D. Hamilton. This behavior names a class of games that have a set of feasible allocations called the “core” (-5[1])and use the Shapley value (10[2])solution concept. (10[1])This “Factor of Evolution” titles a 1902 book by Peter Kropotkin. (-5[2])The “tit-for-tat” (10[1]-5[1])strategy (10[1]-5[2])is discussed in a book titled for its “Evolution” by Robert (10[1])Axelrod. (10[1])Agents take this action by staying silent and not (-5[1])defecting (10[1]-5[1])in the prisoner’s (10[1])dilemma. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, what form of coalition-building contrasts with competition? ■END■ (10[8]0[1])

ANSWER: cooperation [or word forms of cooperate or cooperative; accept coalition-building until read; accept The Evolution of Cooperation; accept Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution; prompt on altruism or word forms]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ARutgers4610
Geoffrey WuColumbia AMinnesota A82-5
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AKentucky8710
Caleb KendrickMarylandVanderbilt8710
Dean Ah NowClaremont CollegesMcGill8910
Jaik HavlickArizona StateYale A100-5
Henry CafaroChicago BJohns Hopkins100-5
Andrew WangIllinoisBrown10210
Mattias EhatammWaterlooCornell A102-5
Andrew HannaPennNorthwestern103-5
James StevensonMichiganToronto B103-5
Ben SterlingYale BTruman State10310
Ryan HumphreyTexasGeorgia Tech11410
Shiv SeshanChicago DNorth Carolina B11510
Swapnil GargBerkeley AColumbia B124-5
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaCornell B125-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateBerkeley B12510
Tiffany ZhouFloridaToronto A12810
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BHarvard129-5
Jakob MyersIndianaVirginia12910
Jack RadoColumbia BBerkeley A14010
Ben WismathToronto BMichigan14010
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AColumbia A14010
Chris SimsNorthwesternPenn14010
David BassJohns HopkinsChicago B1400
Sarod NoriCornell BSouth Carolina14010
Jeffrey FungHarvardMinnesota B14010
Raymond WangCornell AWaterloo14010
Matthew SiffYale AArizona State14010