Trật tự trong thế giới ảo: kinh tế và tổ chức của những tên cướp ảo

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Carl David Mildenberger1
1Department of Philosophy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

Tóm tắt

Bài báo này điều tra cách mà trật tự có thể xuất hiện trong sự hỗn loạn bằng cách sử dụng một phương pháp thực nghiệm mới. Nó phân tích các tương tác giữa những người dùng 400.000 người trong một thế giới ảo, bao gồm cả những tương tác săn mồi và sản xuất. Thế giới ảo là những môi trường được tạo ra bởi máy tính, mô phỏng hình ảnh các không gian vật lý, nơi mọi người tương tác với nhau và với các đối tượng ảo theo nhiều cách khác nhau. Đáng chú ý, bài báo xem xét hành vi của người dùng đóng vai trò như những tên cướp ảo. Bài báo phát hiện rằng ngay cả trong một thế giới ảo hầu như vô danh và hỗn loạn, các quy tắc riêng tư về trật tự cũng làm giảm bớt những hình thức xung đột tàn khốc nhất. Điều này đúng ngay cả khi những tên cướp ảo được phát hiện là yêu thích xung đột thay vì tránh xung đột. Mặc dù chi phí của xung đột được giảm đáng kể trong các thế giới ảo, nhưng các quy tắc riêng tư nhằm hạn chế bạo lực lại xuất hiện một cách tự phát. Một phần quan trọng của đóng góp của bài báo là phương pháp phân tích. Việc phân tích vấn đề trật tự trong sự hỗn loạn phục vụ như một ví dụ cho sức mạnh và tính hữu ích của phương pháp mới.

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#trật tự trong thế giới ảo #tên cướp ảo #xung đột #quy tắc riêng tư #phương pháp thực nghiệm

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