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One of the unfortunate truths of current human society is that economic incentives are far more powerful than polite requests for group cooperation.
by tene 13y ago
One of the unfortunate truths of current human society is that economic incentives are far more powerful than polite requests for group cooperation.
- bunderbunder 13y agoThat's not an ill of modern society, it's just basic game theory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_dilemma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_dilemma
- mark_integerdsv 13y agoNo, it's modern society or even simply human nature. Game Theory is a method of examining it.
- antimagic 13y agoThis is not the Prisoner's Dilemma - the "prisoners" are allowed to talk to each other and coordinate in this case. Say all the farmers in the US sign an agreement not to use antibiotics. They also pay a small fee for policing this agreement amongst themselves to make sure that nobody is cheating. This gives a result completely different from that of the Prisoner's Dilemma.
- dd36 13y agoTragedy of the commons.