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Players struggle to keep their livestock herds alive and thriving—despite disease, drought, and other dangers. When your neighbor suffers a major loss, the question arises: Can you afford to share? But the real question may be, can you afford not to?
Work together to make a shape–with your eyes closed.
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.
Daily cycles of the city are projected onto a miniature topographic map of San Francisco: the movement of city buses and trains, local-area photos posted to Flickr and geographically located posts sent out via Twitter.
Where: Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery 6: Observing Landscapes
Your dilemma: Play for yourself—or for the group?
Explainers do social interaction demonstrations.
Discuss your interpretations of these words and images.
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.
Even randomly formed groups can generate instant rivalries.
This two-person drinking fountain was inspired by the Prisoner's Dilemma, a famous paradox of game theory: Do you choose to sacrifice your companion—and to some degree yourself—rather than risk being a trusting chump?
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.
See how fast you can assign words to categories–then switch sides and try it again. Do you notice a difference?
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.
Players struggle to keep their livestock herds alive and thriving—despite disease, drought, and other dangers. When your neighbor suffers a major loss, the question arises: Can you afford to share? But the real question may be, can you afford not to?
Manage an ocean ecosystem. Will you help maintain the fish population or just catch as much as you can? Here you’ll get a clear picture of a phenomenon known as the tragedy of the commons—overexploitation of shared resources—and a chance to rethink social strategies after an environmental catastrophe.
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.