The best way to do it IMO is the way Galciv does it , where you can disable tech trading or tech brokering . Disabling tech trading is exactly what it says on the tin , and disabling tech brokering prevents someone from trading a technology that was traded to them not researched . They could also probably fix the problem by increasing the AI ' s base reluctance to trade techs to other AI <| sep |> Hey there . Gorgeous body . I was wondering what ' s your ethnicity <| sep |> This is so invalidating . Has this man ever bought pants ? I bet she does all kinds of tasks like this and all he does is criticize her . Your phrasing it as if her expectations of his response are the issue . This husband needs to not be a meanie head when his wife makes a simple mistake . He needs to learn some emotional capacity .