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The answer derives from the fact that what is good for groups is not always good for the individuals comprising them. For example, both multicellular organisms and social insect colonies are functionally specialized and hierarchically organized collectives that are highly successful in maintaining and transmitting accumulated knowledge, in the form

As he argues, the link between better predictions and less crime isn’t as straightforward or foolproof as it may seem. For instance, imagine a predictive tool that identifies that most reckless drivers are male. It may be the case that aggressively pulling over male drivers doesn’t substantially reduce their recklessness on average—but does cause

When you’re playing Bobby Fischer—and you want to win—don’t play chess. Make sure whatever game you’re playing—be it network delivery of media vs. stand-alone PC, whatever you’re in—that you’re not playing a game someone else has mastered when you have an option to play another game. —Rob Glaser, Founder of RealNetworks, May 20011

Identifying value-creating opportunities requires probing for the underlying interests of each side, rather than playing the traditional game of positional bargaining.

In addition to everything else he accomplished, John von Neumann is also the father of game theory. After finishing his day job on the Manhattan Project, he collaborated with Oskar Morgenstern to publish Theory of Games and Economic Behavior in 1944. The Boston Public Library’s list of the “100 Most Influential Books of the Century” includes Theory

But in these battles with the Governor, Moses played the popularity that was his trump card for all it was worth. In fact, so sure was he—and he was right—that Roosevelt was afraid he would resign that he began using the technique, when Roosevelt crossed him on major issues, of threatening to do so. Resignation threats begin appearing in Moses’

We should design a policy that is best before anyone learns what role(s) they might play.

Nations or people in a true alliance treat each other as equals. They work together to meet a common goal—defeating or deterring an enemy, for example.

Wilson explains that man is perpetually suspended between the two extreme forces that created us: “Individual selection [which] prompted sin and group selection [which] promoted virtue.” Which of these forces (self-interest or collective interest) wins out in any organization is a function of that organization’s culture, which is a function of the