This note is a part of my Zettelkasten. What is below might not be complete or accurate. It is also likely to change often.
9th August, 2020

Barriers to Collective Action

  • Individual Motivations like those described in Paradox of collective action and Prisoners Dilemma
  • Factors internal to the collective
    • Lack of communication
    • Lack of trust
    • Lack of a sense of shared future
    • Powerful individuals with vested interests
  • External Factors
    • Externally enforced institutions and systems
    • Sweeping external changes are forcing massive changes to the collective forcing suboptimal outcomes
    • External policies create perverse incentive structures