The whole link is basically a tissue of suggested examples by Aaronson and commenters.
I like that quote, but the rest of the article seems to be just restating obvious collective action problems. Not sure where he gets the “Whole ideaologies have been built around ignoring these” bit.
Everyone doing nothing in a collective action problem is a Nash equilibrium, I believe.
Most of the relevant ideologies in question are ideologies that try to avoid this problem in economic contexts.
The whole link is basically a tissue of suggested examples by Aaronson and commenters.
I like that quote, but the rest of the article seems to be just restating obvious collective action problems. Not sure where he gets the “Whole ideaologies have been built around ignoring these” bit.
Everyone doing nothing in a collective action problem is a Nash equilibrium, I believe.
Most of the relevant ideologies in question are ideologies that try to avoid this problem in economic contexts.