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>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 ev
by ThrustVectoring 7y 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 7y 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...