Why is it that when we see these law partners, or medical partners, or whatever it happens to be, or students together on a homework assignment, why is it we tend to get inefficiently little effort when we start figuring out the strategy and working through the game?

为什么这些律师事务所的律师,医疗合伙人或者其他类似的机构,还有一起做作业的学生,当我们研究过这些策略和博弈后,为何这样的组合往往是收效甚微的

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With so much to be gained by working together, why are Central Asian countries so divided?

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Disparate databases have to be lashed together, which is perhaps why competitors Epic Systems and Cerner have studiously avoided acquisitions.

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While it seems clear that these intellectually-matched, liberal characters would probably be good together, it's a mystery why Sally is angrily rejecting Matt's every creative appeal and urging him to get on out of town.

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