Re:Heartbleed disclosure timeline: who knew what and when
by PeterisP on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:28AM
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If 100% all components of government behave rationally, it doesn't neccessarily mean that the government behaves rationally.
A collection of rational actors may, as a whole, behave irrationally - as defined as 'against their own best interest'. Tragedy of the commons is but one example.
Organized systems may easily have structures that create irrational and destructive behavior, and those structures can be stable enough so that for each separate employee attempting to change the system would be risky, disadvantageous and irrational.
A collection of rational actors may, as a whole, behave irrationally - as defined as 'against their own best interest'. Tragedy of the commons is but one example.
Organized systems may easily have structures that create irrational and destructive behavior, and those structures can be stable enough so that for each separate employee attempting to change the system would be risky, disadvantageous and irrational.