Transcriber: Maram S Reviewer: Hani Eldalees
The diplomatic conflict such as North and South Korea
and the conflict between Pumeok and jingmeok
Well, this is a very serious problem.
However, there is a clear way to solve these issues.
I called it the Tit-for-Tat
before we start talking about Tit-for-Tat
Let me explain the Korean Political Structure
Everyone knows that the elderly are usually conservative
and the youth are usually liberal.
However, this has led to political
and generational conflict in the Korean society
There are two kinds of generation in Korea The first is the elderly.
They were born before and after the Japanese colonial era
and the Korean War. After the war, they perform “the miracle of Han river”
They made something out of nothing.
They also sacrificed everything for their children's education
because they just wanted their children to live in a better world.
They are the last generation to experience the war.
So they are the most anti-communist generation in this society.
They also have the pride to led the development of Korean economy.
However, some of this pride turn out to be authoritarianism to the new generation.
The next generation is, as you know, the new generation.
They were born before Korea became a developed country.
This generation is different from the elderly
because they can say what is right and what is wrong,
even against to their boss.
They do not allow inequality in their life
and fight against the tyranny and discrimination.
However, the boys of this new generation seems like radical opinions
with no realistic opportunities
Over the decade, the gap between the two generations has become very wide
the elderly would say that our period of heyday was the best moment,
but it is not so anymore. When the youth here
they will say we are living in the best moment,
which the elderly could not achieve.
The elderly can’t understand the youth and the youth cannot understand the elderly
For this reason, Korean society has fallen into a pit
which caused the generation conflict.
However, I'm not here to talk about which one is right and which one is wrong.
I’m just worried about this kind of conflict
between old and new become hate each other.
Everyone knows this is not only worst to the country,
but also the worst to each people.
That is why there is a theory that has a magic power to serve this conflict.
The Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat means if you hit me, I will hit you.
Well, it may sound very aggressive,
However, Tit-for-Tat if used in the theory of the game,
which is very important theory in the economics.
To understand the Tit-for-Tat, we have to understand this game.
The prisoner’s dilemma.
The rule here is this
When only one person confesses,
the other person will be in a place of disadvantage.
In this case, he will go to jail for ten years.
However, when everyone keeps silent,
the disadvantage of both prisoners will be reduced.
So what choice do you think prisoners have?
Robert Axelrod the professor of political science
at the University of Michigan asked the same question as I did.
He wanted to answer the question.
That is why he held the simulation contest to find the answer from this game.
The rules of the contest are just like the prisoner's dilemma.
If only one program succeeds in defeating,
it will get five points and the other will get zero point.
When both program defeat each other, they will get only one point.
However, when both programs cooperate with each other,
every program will get three points.
This is when a genius appears his name is Anatol Rapoport.
a mathematician from Russia.
He invented the Tit-for-Tat strategy to be used in this contest.
The result is very interesting.
The Tit-for-Tat strategy won every single contest with absolute score.
You might think that the Tit-for-Tat strategy is made of the complex code
and the complicated programming code with many formula and functions.
Well, the answer is you are wrong.
In fact, the Tit-for-Tat has just two sentences.
First, always cooperate at the beginning.
Second, follow the previous choice that the opponent makes.
The important point of the Tit-for-Tat is here, always cooperate at the beginning.
And I believe this is the key to solve the conflict between generations.
The elderly believe that their past heyday was the best moment,
while the new generation believed that they were living in the best moment.
However, we need to remember the Tit-for-Tat strategy
When we cooperate at the beginning without any condition,
we can achieve the better and the best result
With Tit-for-Tat we can understand and work with each other.
In this situation, we can head toward the future,
not living in the past and not the present only for the future.
I believe this is the moment when the best can be achieved.
The past has only the value when we can learn from it in the future.
We can not move on the future when we blame each other to live in a past moment.
We must remember the strategy of Tit-for-Tat.
As we finish up, I have just one question to ask everyone,
I think is the most important question in my speech.
Why don't you cooperate at first?
Not for other people, only for you, because this is the key for the conflict,
the generational conflict and the political conflict, every conflict.
Thank you for your attention.