Micromotives and Macrobehavior
by Thomas C. Schelling · first published 1978
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An examination of how decisions made by individuals combine to form unexpected and often counter-intuitive aggregate results.
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…particular his trust vs. agreement matrix "Crossing the Chasm" & "Inside the Tornado" by Geoffrey Moore "Maneuver Warfare Handbook" by William Lind "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" by Daniel Amen "Micromotives and Macrobehavior" by Thomas Schelling Appreciative Inquiry Techniques
on “Articles, Ideas, Books and/or Concepts that have changed your life” ↗This is covered in Micromotives and Macrobehavior, in a section dealing with clubs/meetings/etc. http://www.amazon.com/Micromotives-Macrobehavior-Lectures-Pu... A similar book focused solely on online phenomena would rock.
on “The Evaporative Cooling Effect in Online Communities” ↗This is a really good book about all kinds of similar situations: Thomas Schelling: Micromotives and Macrobehavior https://www.amazon.com/Micromotives-Macrobehavior-Thomas-C-S... "In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but-not-malicious preference to have neighbors of the same race eventually…
on “Disappointed with the TVs at CES 2025” ↗…developed at UChicago called Repast [http://repast.sourceforge.net/index.html] which contains a framework for building agent-based models. You may also be interested in my favorite book on the subject, "Micromotives and Macrobehavior" [http://www.amazon.com/Micromotives-Macrobehavior-Lectures-Pu...] which is more rigorous than its Amazon description would have you believe.
on “Need a PhD Topic? How about cops in traffic” ↗Thomas Schelling was the author of Micromotives and Macrobehavior and The Strategy of Conflict.
on “Thomas Schelling is dead” ↗…classic "The Evolution of Cooperation" by Robert Axelrod). But since there are multiple people in the class, this is more like a a multi-player prisoners dilemma (as described by Thomas Schelling in "Micromotives and Macrobehavior"), or a "collective action" problem. These can also be solved if you go "outside" the game and have systems for punishing people who don't cooperate (e.g. union members beating up scabs). Another thing…
on “Xkcd Game Theory Question” ↗