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RE: Playful thoughts #5: Spontaneous Order from an absence of traffic lights
Fascinating video.
I think one reason this may work so well is that the game-theory encourages all parties to work together, in so much as the results for everyone are improved. This isn't a zero sum change (removing traffic guidelines) - everyone benefits at no real cost to large demographics (maybe the blind?)
It would be interesting to see this on a larger societal scale, but the game theory changes with things like criminal regulations which do become zero- or even negative-sum games for all societal participants.
Yes, I'm curious of it as well. It's worth experimenting more with these types of game theoretical situations.
I think you're right that criminal regulations would lead to zero- or even negative-sum games. Fortunately though, spontaneous order will most probably incentivize human beings to set up their private court systems, protection agencies, and criminal regulations. :)
We could both lower taxes and increase focus on real problems like criminal regulations if we weren't diverting resources to thing like traffic violations and civil asset forfeiture!