[FRIAM] Salmon Chaos

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And THIS reminds me of the unforeseen consequences of harboring 0-day vulnerabilities. 

 

Nick Thompson

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Jochen Fromm
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 3:12 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Salmon Chaos

 

It reminds me of the Cobra effect that Russ often uses as an example for unintended consequences: offer an incentive or attractive reward, and people will find a way to get it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

 

-J.

 

 

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From: Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net <mailto:jofr at cas-group.net> > 

Date: 3/22/21 21:51 (GMT+01:00) 

To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com> > 

Subject: [FRIAM] Salmon Chaos 

 

A nice example of an unintended consequence: a restaurant chain in Taiwan offered free all-you-can-eat sushi to anyone who has "gui yu" - the Chinese name for Salmon - in their name. Since changing your name is easy and cheap in Taiwan, people started to change their name so that it includes salmon...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/salmon-chaos-taiwan-people-change-their-names-get-free-sushi-n1261506

 

-J.

 

 

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