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"Cooperating with the Future"

Bruce Schneier Posted by Bruce Schneier | Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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This is an interesting paper -- the full version is behind a paywall -- about how we as humans can motivate people to cooperate with future generations. Abstract: Overexploitation of renewable resources today has a high cost on the welfare of future generations. Unlike in other public goods games, however, future generations cannot reciprocate actions made today. What mechanisms can...


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