I'm amused to be downvoted for stating the game theoretic nature of the problem. Some good reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action#Collecti

I'm amused to be downvoted for stating the game theoretic nature of the problem. Some good reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action#Collective_action_problem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action#Collective... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superrationality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superrationality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium