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That'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_dilem
by bunderbunder 13y ago
That'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.