This appears to be rapidly approaching the KABONG
phase so I've answered in personal mail.
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kim@... wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Bill Costlow wrote:
> >
> > I appologise if you thought I was attacking your
> post.
> > I was simply stating my opinion:
>
> Understood.
>
> > "Any group member should be allowed to participate
> in
> > any lotto the group holds."
> >
> > Somebody smarter than me used Baldur's Gate as an
> > example. Wish I'd have thought of that---made the
> > point much better than I did.
>
> Well, that's the thing. I disagree with the
> comparison to
> Baulder's Gate. Yes you don't directly improve
> yourself by
> passing on items that someone else can use better.
> But in the
> long run, it is better for everyone if people
> cooperate like
> this. I won't get into a full blown discussion
> about the
> reasons why this is, but you can look it up on the
> web pretty
> easily. Just do searchs for "prisoner's dilemma"
> and "tragedy
> of the commons." In a nutshell, both of these
> describe
> situations where the most advantageous decision from
> an
> individual standpoint results in the worst possible
> outcome
> for all parties involved.
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim@...
>
>
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