• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Does the book mention that the Zipper merge is inherently flawed as it relies on drivers to be far more cooperative than they are?

    Yeah. So, like communism, the entire theory breaks down when humans are actually involved.

    • Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 months ago

      I’ve never been myself, but I heard that in some european country (Germany, I think) zipper merging is SUPER fluid because everybody’s on the same page. Which makes me think the issue is less about humans and more about americans, specifically