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.

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