Micromotives and Macrobehavior¶
Schelling, T. C. 1. (1978). Micromotives and Macrobehavior. W. W. Norton.
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Primes¶
- Bottom-Up Perspectives
- It is not inherently correct — bottom-up aggregation has failure modes (tragedy of the commons, populist excess, coordination failure) that require structure
This sourceHow individually rational local decisions aggregate into collectively suboptimal macro outcomes (tipping, segregation); supports the claim that bottom-up aggregation has failure modes (tragedy of the commons, coordination failure) requiring structure.
- It is not inherently correct — bottom-up aggregation has failure modes (tragedy of the commons, populist excess, coordination failure) that require structure
- Emergence
- Norms, institutions, and culture emerge through repeated interactions without explicit legislation—conventions for politeness, scientific standards, and legal systems arise and stabilize without a central designer
This sourceShows individual choices aggregate into emergent macroscopic patterns (segregation, tipping, convention) without central coordination — supports marker 051 (norms/institutions/culture emerge through repeated interaction).
- Norms, institutions, and culture emerge through repeated interactions without explicit legislation—conventions for politeness, scientific standards, and legal systems arise and stabilize without a central designer
- Free Riding
- It names the gap between what each actor would choose in isolation and what emerges from aggregating individual choices, an emergence Schelling (1978) made central to his analysis of how micromotives generate macrobehavior.
This sourceFoundational analysis of how individually rational choices aggregate into collectively suboptimal outcomes (commons included); supports the clarity claim that free riding names the gap between individual and aggregate rationality.
- It names the gap between what each actor would choose in isolation and what emerges from aggregating individual choices, an emergence Schelling (1978) made central to his analysis of how micromotives generate macrobehavior.
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