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Re:Internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind by lisper on Friday June 18, 2021 @11:41AM (#27551525)
> make team success the important goal

That leads to the prisoner's dilemma and tragedy of the commons. When team success is the goal, slackers thrive.

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Re:Internal competition can often be the most dangerous kind by webmaven on Saturday June 19, 2021 @04:21PM (#27564089)
> > make team success the important goal

> That leads to the prisoner's dilemma and tragedy of the commons. When team success is the goal, slackers thrive.

Teams have lifecycles too, so there are dynamics of team selection and teammate selection that can help with those problems.

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