Ex-Meta exec Michael Vernal on negotiation: it's not a competition
saranormous · x · 2026-10-18
Michael Vernal (ex-Meta) published a long-form piece, Negotiation & Multi-Turn Games, opening with the story of buying his first new car right after college by systematically working dealership to dealership. His core claim: negotiation is not a competition — treating the other side as an adversary yields worse outcomes, and understanding their goals and constraints is what closes good deals. saranormous amplified the piece, which offers a useful framing for multi-turn game reasoning, including how agents negotiate. Tags-wise this is a thought piece rather than news.
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