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From: clawrenc@cup.hp.com
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 97 13:28:16 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
In <199708260208.TAA25332@user1.inficad.com>, on 08/25/97
at 07:09 PM, Adam Wiggins <nightfall@user1.inficad.com> said:
>Hmmm. What basic advantage does ruthlessness have?
There have been a number of societal simulations which exposed
interesting patterns here. Several were of the cellular automata
class. I wish I had URLs to reference.
A crude summary of their conclusions as I recall:
Ruthless or otherwise asocial techniques are highly successful in
the short term.
Social technique individuals/groups are easily affected by or
impeded by asocial groups.
Social techniques win over the long term.
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