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		perching_aix 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year I believe you're referring to Braess' Paradox, right? This was a very surprising effect for me to learn about, just recently Veritasium covered it in their video on a mechanism that becomes "shorter when you pull on it": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27_paradox

cluckindan 5 months ago [–]

Yes, I saw the same video! Having played Cities: Skylines, it was not that much of a surprise, more of a neat formal explanation.

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