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it looks like lots of people are just hoping that someone else will leave. Yup. Hello, tragedy of the commons. Albeit in a slightly different form from normal.
by sliverstorm 12y ago
it looks like lots of people are just hoping that someone else will leave.
Yup. Hello, tragedy of the commons. Albeit in a slightly different form from normal.
- zheshishei 12y agoIn this case, it's more like the Bystander Effect[1], which is related to the tragedy of the commons. Both can be the result of what's called the "Diffusion of Responsibility" [2]. Specifically, the game model this is following is the Volunteer's Dilemma [3]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer's_dilemma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer's_dilemma