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I anticipated a response like this but I don't think it applies in this situation. According to the article around 60,000 people have found the time to make th
by Teever 8y ago
I anticipated a response like this but I don't think it applies in this situation.
According to the article around 60,000 people have found the time to make this happen.
What we are seeing is a fundamental aspect of human nature and that is that spite is a great motivator.
You're right, most people can't afford to do this, but many can. Enough that it is hitting Uber where it hurts -- the bottom line.
And as someone who favours stronger protections for workers that is most pleasing.
- ThrustVectoring 8y ago>spite is a great motivator. This is exactly why spite is a great motivator - it encourages people to do better game theory (in the context of the ancestral evolutionary environment, at least). If you never go after the $25 someone owes you just out of spite, people will repeatedly take advantage of you in ways that aren't worth remedying.
- Balgair 8y agoI wouldn't say that spite is the only thing at work here. Humans are incredibly tied to fairness, of which I think spite is a partial sub-set. Some people will spend more cash to remedy the unfairness of the situation https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/are-humans-hardwired-for-fairness.html https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/are-human...
- ryandrake 8y agoIn a more just world, there would be a way for common people to avail the benefits of our legal system without sacrificing a day of work, mailing snail-mail letters and faxing forms in triplicate. If a company owes me $25, why can't I just take them to small claims court with a simple E-mail to my county court?