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Encore Episode 335: When Benevolence Backfires

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The Cobra Problem and the Cobra Effect

The government deputized the entire population to be cobra hunters. It worked so well as a matter of fact that when people went out to find some cobras they could no longer find them. The people did what any rational person would have done and started growing cobras at home.

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