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Ginsberg's Moloch Poem Imagery
- Allen Ginsberg's poem "Moloch" personifies civilization as a destructive entity consuming human creativity and values.
- The poem vividly depicts societal ills like loneliness, war, and exploitation under Moloch's influence.
Moloch as Multipolar Trap
- Moloch symbolizes multipolar traps where rational individuals harm collective well-being through competition.
- These traps persist because no single agent can unilaterally improve the situation without risking self-harm.
Fish Farming Pollution Example
- The fish farming example illustrates how pollution and filtering costs lead to competitive defection despite collective benefit.
- Individual profit incentives cause fish farms to abandon waste filters, degrading collective productivity.