EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 11 MIN
Why People Don’t Want to Cooperate (Even When It Helps Them)
from R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · host David Maslach
Many systems—academic, economic, organizational—are built on the belief in rational, cooperative actors. But people often enter interactions: • Threatened by cooperation • Pre-committed to not cooperating • Motivated to harm systems they view as unjust, even at personal costThis isn’t just “bad behavior.” It’s the norm that too many theories write off as “noise.”
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Many systems—academic, economic, organizational—are built on the belief in rational, cooperative actors. But people often enter interactions: • Threatened by cooperation • Pre-committed to not cooperating • Motivated to harm systems they view as unjust, even at personal costThis isn’t just “bad behavior.” It’s the norm that too many theories write off as “noise.”
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