01Interactive
Local preferences can produce a larger pattern that nobody explicitly chose.
Discussed by Thomas Schelling
Thomas Schelling.
Economist and author of Micromotives and Macrobehavior and The Strategy of Conflict, known for studying how individual decisions generate collective outcomes.
Discussed
02Interactive
Each side wants the other to yield, but mutual escalation is costly.
Discussed by Thomas Schelling
03Interactive
A shared convention can help people choose the same place without talking.
Discussed by Thomas Schelling
04Interactive
A small change in visible adoption can trigger a larger collective shift.
Discussed by Thomas Schelling
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