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It's funny how many people are saying "oh just get everyone organized and have a lottery/auction". Yes, if we could perfectly organize large groups of people we
by Tossrock 11y ago
It's funny how many people are saying "oh just get everyone organized and have a lottery/auction". Yes, if we could perfectly organize large groups of people we could solve the tragedy of the commons. Unfortunately, organizing large groups of people is hard.
Even in the scenario where everyone is a rational actor (ie, fantasyland), effectively communicating to a group of > 20 people and obtaining unanimous consent is an exceedingly difficult problem.
- bduerst 11y agoThe anonymous nature of this removes the reputation cost for picking the six points. Collusion isn't possible because there is no penalty for breaking an agreement, and the signals it creates (everyone is picking 2) only makes rationally self-motivated individuals more likely to break it.