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Douglas Yu
@insectsoup
Metabarcoding and mitochondrial metagenomics. Mutualisms and game theory. Proper football and baseball. Also, dogs.
Apr 12, 2020 • 27 tweets • 10 min read
Social distancing is a Public Good: the more people who do it, the more disease we avoid. I benefit from you isolating. You benefit from me isolating.

But it's clear we have a polymorphism: some people are Team #SelfishPricks, and some are Team #StayAtHome.

Why? This is a game-theory problem, and since I am indeed #StayingAtHome, why not spend some time exploring a game-theoretical concept that predicts such a polymorphism: Non-Linear Public Goods?