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Monitoring systems for individual and stereotyped reputations. Credit: PLOS Computational Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011862 In the complicated world of human interactions, helping others can come back around, a concept known as indirect reciprocity. It's like a societal credit score, where one's good deeds build up a good reputation, prompting others to return the favor in the future. But what if this credit…

A new message-passing paradigm where every node can choose to either ‘listen’, ‘broadcast’, ‘listen & broadcast’ or ‘isolate’.Continue reading on Towards Data Science » A new message-passing paradigm where every node can choose to either ‘listen’, ‘broadcast’, ‘listen & broadcast’ or ‘isolate’.Continue reading on Towards Data Science » FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here…

A schematic diagram of the model. Credit: PLOS Computational Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011271 In addition to describing biological interactions, evolutionary theory has also become a valuable tool to make sense of the dynamics of social norms. Social norms determine which behaviors should be regarded as positive, and how community members should act towards each other.…

Vela Games, an Irish game studio founded by former Riot Games developers in 2018, unveiled its first game at a digital prebrief event attended by Digital Trends. Titled Evercore Heroes, this game modifies themultiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) formula that League of Legends helped popularize into a competitive PvE dungeon-crawling experience.  While the basics of gameplay and isometric view of Evercore Heroes are very similar to a game like League of Legends, players aren’t directly fighting each…

The latest development in the saga of Xcel Energy-Colorado’s chronically troubled Comanche 3 coal plant is an electric cooperative’s move to force the utility to buy its 25% share in the plant. CORE Electric Cooperative said Tuesday that it’s exercising its right under agreements with Xcel Energy to withdraw its ownership in the coal plant in Pueblo. CORE, the state’s largest electric cooperative, sued Xcel last year, claiming the plant’s operational problems have cost the cooperative tens of millions of dollars through…

Capcom does not have an excellent track record with multiplayer games. While the Monster Hunter titles have always been solid, games like Umbrella Corps missed the mark with underwhelming gameplay. That puts Exoprimal in a weird position, especially considering that it’s a Capcom dinosaur game that doesn’t use the much-beloved Dino Crisis IP, a franchise fans have been begging to see revived. This isn’t Dino Crisis 4; it’s something wholly new. Still, I came away pleasantly surprised from my hands-on with…

It’s easy to compare Comradery to Patreon. Both allow creators to collect money from subscribers, and both allow them to offer content, bonuses, and updates in return. But where Patreon is beholden to venture capital, Comradery is controlled democratically by the people who use it. “The one thing a venture capital tech company can never deliver is long-term stability,” says Ty Underwood, a developer at Comradery. When funded by investors, platforms often squeeze creators by taking increased cuts. Patreon raised its…

Collective action is often the key to creating dramatic social or environmental changes, be it reducing pollution and waste, diminishing overfishing by sourcing alternatives, or getting more scientists to openly share their data with others.  Collective action, however, can involve social dilemmas. That's because the choice to act altruistically might come at some personal cost. To deal with such problems, cooperation and communication are key.Now our new research, published in Rationality and Society, sheds some light…