[extropy-chat] Game theory of common cold

[Max M]

Anders Sandberg wrote:

> Being a libertarian I believe that one can have contracts about nearly 
> everything, and I can certainly see and accept employment contracts 
> that contain things like this. People who infect me should really pay 
> for the losses they cause me. Since it is usually impossible to trace 
> them, it actually makes a lot of sense of making a redistribution as 
> above.


It is a bit amusing that the solutions to this kind of libertarian 
thinking can probably be implemented more easily in a more top-down 
governed society.

Like making people pay a fine for dropping of sick kids at the 
kindergarten, or implementing labor rules for keeping sick people at home.


regards Max M Rasmussen