Routing - The Selfish Shortcut Problem

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Routing - The Selfish Shortcut Problem

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Nick Ledger explores Braess's paradox — how adding roads, network links, or career paths can paradoxically worsen congestion and create systemic inefficiency. Through game theory, he reveals why individually rational shortcuts become collective traps in traffic, internet routing, and organizational design, challenging our worship of personal optimization.

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