Wirkman Netizen Designated Semiotician Networkings

12/30/06

English (US)   Free rider smiles  -  Categories: Libertarian Theory, Mutual Aid and Charity  -  twv @ 04:44:25 pm

Sometimes I free ride on the smiles of strangers; sometimes, I smile but the stranger on the street does not smile back. In both cases? No exchange. The stranger gets the benefit of my smile, but I don't get the benefit of his. Or vice versa.

This is the problem of the free rider in a nutshell.

How to respond?

Walk on by.

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