When do you tech trade?

[TheWilltoAct]

I had been in the habit of sort of trading all the time (provided I was getting a good deal and not giving away a critical tech) but now I'm starting to feel like I should do the opposite and never trade... cuz when I trade aren't I giving my enemies an advantage and why would I want to do that? Now, I know that's probably wrong thinking but I am really not sure when to trade... definitely looking for some advice here. A large part of my question has to do with how much the AIs trade amongst themselves... certainly I don't want to be giving the whole AI "world" a tech I worked hard to get, just because I traded it to one civ. Now I know that can be worked around somewhat in that I could trade that tech to multiple civs on the same turn, but I can only trade it with civs who are friendly with me.

Can anyone help me with my conondrum?

 

[AlessioCerci]

Depends on the situationa and tech
- dont trade a liberalism or military or wonder tech (if ure gonna build the wonder) and dont ask for divine right, it increases WFYABTA.
Do trade lots of other techs but use your judgement, eg giving compass to a civ that is essentially landlocked is a gd idea, as the comp will still value it highly even tho they wont get a lot of use from it.

Tech trading is a must to keep on higher levels. (lightbulb a tech, hopefully u have a monopoly, backfill all the other techs via trading

 

[TheWilltoAct]

Doh! No wonder I only got one reply - I posted in the wrong section :/

My bad... someone can delete plz?