Right. free rider is a pure defector. In a more realistic game, the entities can act with mixed strategies, sometimes as free riders, others as collaborators. This is the meaning of selfish collaborators. With the addition that, sometimes, what benefits the individual benefits also the collaboration.
2012/7/13 meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> > On 7/12/2012 4:04 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: > > We each one are free riders because we are selfish collaborators. A twist > on selfish collaboration is the self deception: our memory is unconsciously > distorted to support our case. we thinkl that we deserve more than the fair > share etc. > > > "Free rider" doesn't mean just a selfish collaborator. A free rider is > one who benefits from the enforcement of social norms, but doesn't > contribute to their enforcement. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
