It reminds me of the Cobra effect that Russ often uses as an example for
unintended consequences: offer an incentive or attractive reward, and people
will find a way to get ithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect-J.
-------- Original message --------From: Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> Date:
3/22/21 21:51 (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <[email protected]> Subject: [FRIAM] Salmon Chaos A nice example of an
unintended consequence: a restaurant chain in Taiwan offered free
all-you-can-eat sushi to anyone who has "gui yu" - the Chinese name for Salmon
- in their name. Since changing your name is easy and cheap in Taiwan, people
started to change their name so that it includes
salmon...https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/salmon-chaos-taiwan-people-change-their-names-get-free-sushi-n1261506-J.
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