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Re:They made computers behave like annoying salesmen by keybored on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @06:01PM (#43777112)
It’s more of a problem with oligarchy and oligarchic tendencies.

Don’t make things into a game theory problem. It’s a power problem.

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Re:They made computers behave like annoying salesmen by cortesoft on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @06:06PM (#43777161)
I am not “making” anything into a game theory problem, game theory is simply explaining WHY it becomes a problem.

How to solve the problem is a separate issue, but the problem can be described with game theory.

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Re:They made computers behave like annoying salesmen by keybored on Thursday April 24, 2025 @05:42AM (#43780803)
Many supposed explanations of the problems with democracy are really about the nominative democracy not being democratic enough. Concentrated power of a non-democratic entity. That’s the parsimonious explanation.
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