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How? The guy told everyone straight-up that he wasted bandwidth for no reason.



It made others worse off, rising his relative status and competitive advantage. That's exactly how rational economic agents should behave.


Rational agents in the real world should realize that conspiring with others to make the world better gives them more benefits than being a greedy shit.

It is only in academic exercises where collaboration is made impossible that sociopathic behavior is optimal.


Maybe the economy should be structured for the real-world behavior then?


It is.




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