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I want to start a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy group, along the
principles of How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence
People: a big meta-organization that supports progressive efforts
and helps different progressive efforts move forward and communicate.
Flier advertising and recruiting for
helpers on the Gumption Center: Without Tear-offs and With Tear-Off Tabs.
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A game to exemplify the prisoner's dilemma
in a philosophy class. Give each of N students the following
on a slip of paper:
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You have (N-1) points. You may give any number of points
away to any number of other students by writing their names below;
for every point you give to someone else, they get 2 points added
to their total. All of the other students have the same
conditions. After all point giving is tallied, you will get all
points you chose not to give away, plus the points you were given
(2 for every 1).
The number of points you get will effect your grade. Any attempts at communication will result in 0 points.
Name: ___________________________________________ # Points: ______ |
With individual rationality, everyone gets (N-1) points. With collective rationality, everyone gets 2(N-1) points.
Better than the other prisoner's game,
make it more like society and challange people's ability to be truly
moral. Give each of N students the following on a slip of paper:
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You have (N-1) points. You may give any number of points
away to any number of other students by writing their names below;
for every point you give to someone else, they get 2 points added
to their total. All of the other students have the same
conditions. You are encouraged to communicate, but you must write
down your decisions in private.
After all point giving is tallied, you will get all points you chose not to give away, plus the points you were given (2 for every 1). Additionally, you get as many extra points as there are people with strictly fewer points than you. The number of points you get will effect your grade in this class.
Name: ___________________________________________ # Points: ______ |
There is the potential for more points total here by putting some people down (will people choose Utilitarianism? Each person for himself? Rawlsian fairness?)
At the risk of making the game too
complicated, I have a new modification, off of the last version: Run
it twice.
Specifically, keep track (maybe publicly, on the board) of who got how many points, and have everyone write down their points on their card. Then gather all the cards back, shuffle them, and have people randomly select a card. Then run the scenario again, this time with initial inequality, and find out the results. This second round of points is added to the first round of points for each person, and the final number of points factors into their grades.
Will everyone ostracize the selfish people? Or will they emulate them? Will their habits change when they are "born" into inequality?
Don't tell them that you're going to run it again until you do.
For anyone who runs these games, I'd love to get the name-removed results!
Fractal Society Layout based on the principles of Fields, Factories, and Workshops by Petr Kropotkin. Green denotes fields, red denotes factories, and blue denotes residence.
I want to start a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy group, along the
principles of How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence
People: a big meta-organization that supports progressive efforts
and helps different progressive efforts move forward and communicate.
Seminar Proposal for a semester seminar on
Mass Media Studies: Looking Comparatively at US and Latin American
Media. See the PDF and LaTeX.
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Sign-up sheet for the Western Hemisphere Project, Fall 2002.
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