'many players are not shooting at each other at all...the game has become a sort of social and psychological experiment, raising questions about game design – and the human condition – that have intrigued social scientists, psychologists and criminologists. Roughly one in five players have never knocked out another raider, and half have knocked out fewer than 10'

#gaming #psychology #gameTheory #behaviouralEconomics #socialScience

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/15/arc-raiders-players-stopped-shooting-started-talking

Read my latest review on BooksIlike.eu: Morgan Housel’s Same As Ever. a witty, wise look at what never changes in a world obsessed with change. 📘🔍🤓🎯

Read my post here: https://booksilike.eu/morgan-housel-same-as-ever/

#BehaviouralEconomics #BooksILike #MorganHousel #SameAsEver #TimelessWisdom

Being aware of cognitive biases isn't enough.

Scrolling through this platform, I'm very aware of the bandwagon effect. But seeing all the AI posts out there every day still makes me question whether I'm falling behind, whether what I'm doing is still relevant.

Being aware of biases doesn't make the impact go away. And the same is true for our software architecture decisions.
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#SoftwareArchitecture #CollaborativeSoftwareDesign #DecisionMaking #CognitiveBias #BehaviouralEconomics

Nobel economics prize: Richard Thaler and behavioural economics

https://duncanstephen.net/nobel-economics-prize-richard-thaler-and-behavioural-economics/

"Antisocial individuals have lower trust in others unless they know that they can punish them. They are also substantially less trustworthy, believe that others are like themselves, and respond to the possibility of being sanctioned more strongly, suggesting that they anticipate severe punishment if they betray their partner’s trust."

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1820133116

#behaviouraleconomics #trust