13 February, 2008

Voting and the CAP

Howdy folks.

I should be doing homework right now, so I'm going to make a quick post.

First, CAP = Collective Action Problem. This is a phenomena where a single person's incentive to take some sort of action is so small, they don't do it.

Voting is a prime example of this. Any single person's vote is, basically, irrelevant. The problem is, if no one votes, things break.

I know this, but I still don't feel the need to vote, even though I know I should.

Alas.

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