Have you encountered explicit situations in your life where you've had to coordinate without communicating like Scott describes? Did you manage to successfully coordinate?
Do you agree with David Friedman's characterization of the emergence of laws as focal points people keep converging on? How does this compare to centralized rule making? What happens when groups with different focal points come into contact?
Do you agree with Zack M Davis's characterization of speaking truth to power as a Schelling point? Does this actually happen enough in real life to justify calling it a Schelling point? Why doesn't it happen more often?
Have you encountered a situation where you've had to decide whether to cross a Schelling fence as Scott describes it? If you crossed it, how did you justify the decision to yourself? Do other people crossing the fence make you take the fence less seriously?
Schelling points are not necessarily optimal. Have you encountered any that aren't? What do you think one should do when encountering Schelling points that aren't optimal?
After talking about the discussion questions, we'll play the Schelling game and debrief.
Location
Meet at Holland Village MRT Exit B (above ground part) at 4 pm. We will wait for everyone to gather for 15 minutes, and then head over to my nearby apartment. If you've been here before, feel free to come directly to the apartment (though you may need to wait to be let in).
Note that the meetup start time is one hour later than usual, and there likely won't be snacks for this meetup.
This week we're talking about coordination and Schelling points.
Readings
Discussion
After talking about the discussion questions, we'll play the Schelling game and debrief.
Location
Meet at Holland Village MRT Exit B (above ground part) at 4 pm. We will wait for everyone to gather for 15 minutes, and then head over to my nearby apartment. If you've been here before, feel free to come directly to the apartment (though you may need to wait to be let in).
Note that the meetup start time is one hour later than usual, and there likely won't be snacks for this meetup.
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