> We used to do the same thing, about 20 of us. Guess what? You're 1
> out of 21 who had that experience.
>
> The rest of us saw people cooperate to change the rules. Every, single
> time. You will find same among other teachers at a list dedicated to
> teaching sociology.
>
> Add that story to the endless stories you recycle that supposedly
> show how awful the joint it.
>
> Someone here was keeping a list of them. Awesome idea: Wojtek's List
> of Woes and Wild Generalizations that can't be supported by the
> evidence.
>
> DMFA
>
>
>> When I was teaching an intro to sociology I had students play a team
>> game. I forgot the exact rules, but the idea was that the team that
>> won the first round had an increasingly greater chance of winning
>> subsequent rounds, unless other people on other teams got together
>> and changed the rules to more equitable ones. The latter, however,
>> did not happen. Instead, folk on the losing team either tried to
>> join the winning team or altogether lost interest in playing the
>> game.
>
No No No.... Have you ever played pinball for beer?
As you win more, you get drunker... The other wins more... gets drunker...
You all end up too drunk to hit the flipper buttons after a while, and it no longer matters to either side who the winner is... or to which team you're associated.
Leigh