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> surface level indicators like popularity Popularity is a great heuristic for the individual - it means you'll find more examples, more tutorials, more help,
by exe34 3y ago
> surface level indicators like popularity
Popularity is a great heuristic for the individual - it means you'll find more examples, more tutorials, more help, more support, and others will beta test it before you get bitten. As a society, it's a prisoner's dilemma that we all keep defecting.
- rightbyte 3y agoIt is not the prisoner's dilemma. There is no third party punnishment involved. More like "paradox of voting"?
- exe34 3y agoTragedy of the commons if you want to be pedantic, but ultimately nature is a harsh judge. Everybody loses in the end. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8125#:~:text=A%20Rigorous%20Proof%20of%20the,the%20common%20good%20is%20small https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8125#:~:text=A%20Rigoro.... ("Tragedy of the Commons is always a prisoner’s dilemma")
- rightbyte 3y agoYe sure. Maybe I could argue "nature is the third party punnisher" is a bit too reductionist, but I get your point.