And THIS reminds me of the unforeseen consequences of harboring 0-day 
vulnerabilities. 

 

Nick Thompson

[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 

https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jochen Fromm
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 3:12 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Salmon Chaos

 

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 it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

 

-J.

 

 

-------- Original message --------

From: Jochen Fromm <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 

Date: 3/22/21 21:51 (GMT+01:00) 

To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected] 
<mailto:[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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