On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Marcus G. Daniels <[email protected]>wrote:
> > In the case of mobsters, they know that they are criminals and risk > punishment if they don't protect each other and their information. > > In relevant situations, individuals in such groups can predict, in a > positive and reinforcing way, what their peers in this group will do in > certain situations better than they would of other people, even if the > others are people, say, that they have more complex cognitive interactions > and other kinds of trust relationships... say day-to-day work > relationships.. > > An obituary for Elmore Leonard noted that his characters, when stressed, would suddenly act. But you never knew whether they were going to solve a crime or commit a crime or both at once until the act played out. -- rec --
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