Prisoner's dilemma of information exchange

- In information exchange, a situation tends to occur where “one party provides information, but the other party does not provide compensation or information. -The Prisoner’s Dilemma - The cost of converting knowledge into information in a form that can be conveyed to others” falls on the provider, not on the beneficiary.

• The total sum of benefits is greater if we exchange information with each other.
• But if you focus only on your own interests, taking information one way saves you the cost of providing your own information.

Specifically.

• Highly technical freelance engineers are invited by large companies to speak at conferences.

  • Information is taken unilaterally and no compensation is given.
  • Many engineers are displeased with this kind of behavior on the part of large companies.
  • It can be shared in the community as negative information.
  • As a defensive measure on the part of the engineer, it is suggested to indicate the fee “how much per hour” when approached.

• The consideration need not be money.

  • Rather, those with some money to spare.
    • It’s not worth it to convert limited time resources into money.”
  • In many cases, they think that
    • Related: Cash is weak capital.
  • On the other hand, large companies tend not to believe that “time resources are limited” in the first place.
  • The price the opportunity to see things that are not normally seen is beneficial, but it doesn’t seem to be quite right.

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