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glalondetoday at 4:31 PM0 repliesview on HN

Probably many reasons but here’s one demo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27s_paradox

Every actor acting rationally in their own interest can get to a worse equilibrium than if they were coordinated(in this case, to completely ignore the new edge). There are many other examples of this in game theory, you should look it up.