In part 2 of this article, I focused on how Takers hurt Makers in open source, as well as how individual actions—no matter how rational they may seem—can have adverse outcomes for open source ...

While this may be a compelling argument to some, it has little bearing on the actual purpose of the individual mandate. The biggest problem with the “free rider” argument for the mandate is that it ...

Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "A Sampling Approach to the Free-Rider Problem." In Essays in Public Economics: The Kiryat Anavim Papers, edited by Agnar Sandmo. Lexington, MA: Lexington ...

On March 22, 2023, thousands of researchers and tech leaders – including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak – published an open letter calling to slow down the artificial intelligence race.