[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  sphinx [@protosphinx](/creator/twitter/protosphinx) on x 61K followers Created: 2025-07-23 06:23:11 UTC reading about decision making in primitive societies shaped by scarcity and poor logic: sailors land on an island for trader. get taken hostage by force. against the law. rescue team offers gold. locals want a bribe. a big one. team says take the gold. islanders want more. so the team say eff it - takes the sailors back by force. gives nothing. corruption only works if both sides win. take XX% from a road project, the road never gets built. take X% & let the project succeed. traffic improves. land prices rise. economy grows. next year’s budget is bigger. your X% now pays more than the XX you tried to grab. same greed. better logic. just that somehow this logic is a function of abundance and not scarcity. so even corruption is a function of scarcity vs abundance mindset. XXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/protosphinx/status/1947905312167485557)
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sphinx @protosphinx on x 61K followers
Created: 2025-07-23 06:23:11 UTC
reading about decision making in primitive societies shaped by scarcity and poor logic:
sailors land on an island for trader. get taken hostage by force. against the law.
rescue team offers gold. locals want a bribe. a big one. team says take the gold. islanders want more. so the team say eff it - takes the sailors back by force. gives nothing.
corruption only works if both sides win. take XX% from a road project, the road never gets built. take X% & let the project succeed.
traffic improves. land prices rise. economy grows.
next year’s budget is bigger. your X% now pays more than the XX you tried to grab.
same greed. better logic. just that somehow this logic is a function of abundance and not scarcity. so even corruption is a function of scarcity vs abundance mindset.
XXXXXX engagements
