Logic aside, I think humans have a natural, evolutionary tendency to choose Blue. Humans live and survive as a group, and losing any group member indirectly threatens the survival of the group. While it is theoretically possible for everyone to survive by collectively voting Red, perfect coordination on that scale is extremely unlikely and costly to sustain. Voting Red almost guarantees that someone will die.
If Anyone Votes Red, Everyone Dies
This scenario reminds me of cancer in multicellular organisms.
These behaviors only draw us into the gravitational pull of the Threshold, which, I remind you, is the worst possible outcome that we are all trying to avoid.
This dynamic frightens me. It’s like we need to succeed on some kind of meta-coordination problem, maybe even a meta-sawtooth problem. The worst part is that none of this even seems to be our fault: it’s the Threshold, acting to draw us in.
I agree with you that when repetition is allowed, the system’s tendency to drift from a safe Blue majority toward the threshold is unsettling. It implies that a system can function smoothly for a long time as some sort of “entropy” accumulates silently, right up until it hits a tipping point and things fall apart.
Also, love the visualizations. They are very clear and self-explanatory.
Logic aside, I think humans have a natural, evolutionary tendency to choose Blue. Humans live and survive as a group, and losing any group member indirectly threatens the survival of the group. While it is theoretically possible for everyone to survive by collectively voting Red, perfect coordination on that scale is extremely unlikely and costly to sustain. Voting Red almost guarantees that someone will die.
This scenario reminds me of cancer in multicellular organisms.
I agree with you that when repetition is allowed, the system’s tendency to drift from a safe Blue majority toward the threshold is unsettling. It implies that a system can function smoothly for a long time as some sort of “entropy” accumulates silently, right up until it hits a tipping point and things fall apart.
Also, love the visualizations. They are very clear and self-explanatory.