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How? The guy told everyone straight-up that he wasted bandwidth for no reason.

• jampekka 2y ago
  It made others worse off, rising his relative status and competitive advantage. That's exactly how rational economic agents should behave.
  • ted_dunning 2y ago
    Rational agents in the real world should realize that conspiring with others to make the world better gives them more benefits than being a greedy shit. It is only in academic exercises where collaboration is made impossible that sociopathic behavior is optimal.
    • jampekka 2y ago
      Maybe the economy should be structured for the real-world behavior then?
      • jstanley 2y ago
        It is.