The article was based on experiments on EBay. It let me see the percentages on sellers willing to sell their items and buyers willing to buy. It explained that if the seller sells the item and fails to send it, buyers will give bad reviews and even though the seller has the money, they won’t get any more sales.
I was always wondering why Mal was able to return the money to people that gave him business when he wasn’t able to complete the job, especially when people like Niska threaten him. His job is sort of like EBay. If Mal fails to do his job, or if he charges too much for his items, it will get around and he will not have any more job offers.
Another point I would like to make is that the article explained that a lot of people are fair even when given the chance to be greedy. It gave an example with a child having jelly beans. If the child’s friend asks to have some of the jelly beans, the child will most likely end up giving up close to half or half of his jelly beans to his friend.
I’m not sure I can agree with that. I am willing to share like that but I don’t think most people are like that. This leads me to use Jayne as an example. If Jayne was willing to share money, he wouldn’t have secretly turned on River and Simon during “Ariel.” I do see that he was willing to share in later episodes, but I believe it’s because he is able to stay alive and stay on Serenity. That is fair for him also. So he isn’t really losing anything.
Hopefully I can incorporate this article in my paper. I did like some of the points brought up.
Uhlhaas, Christoph. "Is Greed Good?." Scientific American Mind 18.4 (2007): 60-67. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Oct. 2010.
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