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Old November 21st, 2007, 09:26 PM   #48 (permalink)
John Cocktoston
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Default Not the same thing...

Are you familiar with game theory?

Individuals will always act in their own self interest- that's a given. But a traffic jam is a large group of unrelated individuals selfishly pursuing their own interests (which may or may not be identical).

The ticket fiasco was a different animal. It would be like a corporation (or individual in the Lex Luthor mold) buying a fleet of cars and letting them loose each morning on I-25 to clog up the mouse trap just because it's a fun thing to do.
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