Mechanism Design

Most people ask 'given these rules, what will players do?' Mechanism design inverts the question: 'given what we want players to do, what rules produce that behavior?' This is the deepest form of systems thinking — you don't control people, you control the environment that shapes their choices, making the desired outcome each player's selfish best move.

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