The Cobra Effect, Part 1: Snakes, Rats, and Unintended Consequences
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The Cobra Effect
This episode is about unintended consequences. People started trying to rig the game in the days of what was called the british rage. The colonial powers that be in india were increasingly miffed, let's say, about the number of venomous cobras infesting dally. They put out offer this bounty, and then to verify that someone's killed the cobra, they're going to bring us the skin of the snake. And at first it didn't seem to have a noticeable effect on the population in cobra and delly. That's where city officials figured out. Why do i need to go out in the streets hunting for snakes when i can just catch a couple
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