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Won't this just encourage users to create more garbage? If I am in need of wifi, and I have no garbage, I would need to create garbage (buy a juice, snack etc)
by confiscate 11y ago
Won't this just encourage users to create more garbage?
If I am in need of wifi, and I have no garbage, I would need to create garbage (buy a juice, snack etc) to get the wifi, even if I wasn't thirsty or hungry
- ealize 11y agoI think what you are describing is called the Cobra Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
- wololo_ 11y agothere's an effect for everything these days eh
- stephengillie 11y agoThey could probably pivot into recycling and compost bins without much difficulty.
- greggman 11y agoReminds me of Disneyland where all the trashcans say "Waste Please".
- jackcarter 11y agoDolphins found a way to con a similar system: "When people drop paper into the water she hides it under a rock at the bottom of the pool. The next time a trainer passes, she goes down to the rock and tears off a piece of paper to give to the trainer. After a fish reward, she goes back down, tears off another piece of paper, gets another fish, and so on." http://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jul/03/research.science http://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jul/03/research.scie...