Understanding Coordination Problems

The following is a post introducing coordination problems, using the examples of poaching, civilisational development, drug addiction and affirmative action. It draws on my experience as a documentary filmmaker. The post is available for free in its original format at nonzerosum.games.

When I was eleven, I disassembled the lock to our back door, and as I opened the housing… it exploded, scattering six tiny brass pellets on to the floor.

I discovered (too late) that a lock of this type contained spring-loaded cylinders of different heights corresponding to the teeth of the key.

I struggled for hours trying to get the little buggers back in, but it was futile—eventually, my long suffering parents called a locksmith.

The reason fixing the lock was so difficult was not only because it was spring-loaded but because I had to find the [...]

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