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Episode 134: Benevolence Backfires: The Cobra Effect

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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: They started growing cobras at home.

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