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Imagine there is an open source software that everyone can contribute to the coding, and image that when someone contributes to coding it, everyone in the society benefits from the contribution (for example, assume the software is operating some public good in society and the more developed it is, the better its operations run and less errors for everyone in society). Let's say this society has a latent collaborative culture, and if some people start contributing, others will follow. Assume the total benefits are divided equally.
My question: is there any specific one or only a few words or short phrase in English that accurately captures or describes this complete causal chain - that when one individual makes a public contribution, everyone in the collective benefits from it and this in turn also increasingly leads others to become likely to contribute as well, resulting in exponential benefits over time for all as well as that individual contributor himself?
If no such words, how can this causality be described in simple English that still captures all the essential meaning?
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I don't suggest it's perfect for your example, but this is a sort of 'virtuous circle'. One good deed leads to positives which in turn improve the situation... It's the opposite of a 'vicious circle'.
- I don't suggest it's perfect for your example, but this is a sort of 'virtuous circle'.
- One good deed leads to positives which in turn improve the situation...
- It's the opposite of a 'vicious circle'.
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I don't suggest it's perfect for your example, but this is a sort of 'virtuous circle'. One good deed leads to positives which in turn improve the situation... It's the opposite of a 'vicious circle'.
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