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\nEnvyalters<\/a> individual behavior and, consequently, strategies of a person in
\ncharacteristic ways. Due to changed behavior, two separate social classes
\narise. Differences in cement class history and education are widely known. It
\nis not clear when and under what circumstances individual psychological forces
\nwill separate and separate an initially homogeneous social group. Claudius
\nGros, professor of theoretical physics at the University of Goethe,
\ninvestigated this issue mathematically precisely using game theory methods which
\nmeans that everyone optimizes their success by predetermined rules.<\/span>
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\nI wanted to find out if social differences can emerge alone
\nif no one starts with advantages \u2013 that is, if all actors have the same skills
\nand opportunities, “explains the physicist.<\/div>\n
\nThe study is based on the assumption that things are coveted
\nbut limited in every society, such as jobs, social contacts, and power positions.
\nIf the top position is already occupied, an inequality is created and somebody
\nmust accept the second-best job, but not a social division. Using mathematical
\ncalculations, Gros was able to demonstrate that envy arising from the need to
\ncompare with others alters individual behavior and, consequently, the
\nstrategies of agents in characteristic ways. This changed behavior produces two
\nstrictly separate social classes.<\/div>\n
\nGame theory provides many participants with the mathematical
\nresources required to model decision situations, as in Gros’ analysis. In
\ngeneral, constellations where each actor’s decision strategies influence each
\nother are particularly revealing. The individual’s success then depends not
\nonly on his or her own actions, but also on the actions of others, typical of
\neconomic and social contexts. Game theory<\/a> is deeply rooted in the economy.<\/div>\n
\nGame theory’s stability condition, the “Nash
\nequilibrium” is a term developed by John Forbes Nash in his 1950
\ndissertation, using the example of poker players. It states that no player has
\nanything to gain by changing their strategy if the other players do not change
\ntheirs either. An individual tries new behavior patterns only if there is
\npotential gain. Because this causal chain often relates to evolutionary
\nprocesses, evolutionary and behavioral sciences often rely on game-theoretical
\nmodels, e.g. when studying animal behaviors such as bird migratory flight
\nroutes or their nesting site rivalry.<\/div>\n
\nAlso in an envy-induced class society, Gros says, there’s no
\nmotivation for a person to change their strategy. So it’s Nash stable. In the
\ndivided envy society, there is a marked income difference between the upper and
\nlower class that is the same for all members of each social class. According to
\nGros, it is typical for the members of the lower class to spend their time on a
\nseries of different activities.<\/div>\n
\nHowever, upper-class members focus on one task, i.e. pursue
\na “pure strategy.” It is also striking that the upper class can
\nchoose between different options while the lower class has only one mixed
\nstrategy. And the upper class is individualistic, while the crowd loses agents
\nin the lower class, the physicist sums up.<\/div>\n

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\nWhether an agent lands in the upper or lower class is
\nessentially a mistake in Claudius Gros’ model. It’s decided by competition
\ndynamics, not origin. Gros developed a new theoretical model for his study, the
\n“shopping trouble model<\/a>,” and developed a precise analytical
\nsolution. He derives from it that an envy-induced class society possesses features
\ndeemed universal in complex system theory. As a result, class society is to
\nsome extent beyond political control.<\/div>\n

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\nPolitical decision-makers lose much of their power when
\nsociety unexpectedly divides into social groups. Furthermore, Gros’ model shows
\nthat envy has a stronger effect when competition for limited resources is
\nstronger. “This theoretical game insight could be central. Even a ‘ideal
\nsociety’ can not be sustained stably in the long-term, which ultimately makes
\nthe striving for a communist society seem unrealistic, “the scientist
\nremarks.<\/div>\n

\nFinal words<\/h2>\n
\nEnvy, the inclination to compare rewards, can be expected to
\nunfold when pay-off disparities are generated in competitive societies. It is
\nshown that increasing envy levels inevitably lead to self-induced separation
\ninto lower and upper classes. Class stratification is Nash stable and strict,
\nwith class members receiving identical rewards. Upper-class agents just play
\nsingle tactics, all lower-class agents the same mixed strategy. The fraction of
\nupper-class agents gradually decreases with greater envy levels until a single
\nupper-class agent remains.<\/div>\n
\nNumerical simulations and a complete analysis of a basic
\nreference model, the shopping trouble model, are presented. Class-stratified
\nsociety’s properties are universal and only indirectly controllable through the
\nunderlying utility function, implying that class-stratified societies are
\nintrinsically resistant to political control. Implications are discussed for
\nhuman communities. Envy effects are intensified as cultures become more
\ncompetitive.<\/div>\n

\nSource:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong>Goethe University Frankfurt<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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