Anticonformists catalyze societal transitions and facilitate the expression of evolving preferences.

ABSTRACT: The world is grappling with emerging, urgent, large-scale problems, such as climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and pandemics, which demand immediate and coordinated action. Social processes like conformity and social norms can either help maintain behaviors (e.g. cooperation in groups) or drive rapid societal change (e.g. rapid rooftop solar uptake), even without comprehensive policy measures. While the role of individual heterogeneity in such processes is well studied, there is limited work on the expression of individuals' preferences and the role of anticonformists-individuals who value acting differently from others-especially in dynamic environments. We introduce anticonformists into a game-theoretical collective decision-making framework that includes a complex network of

SUBMITTER: Mittal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11302527 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature