Emergence of good conduct, scaling and Zipf laws in human behavioral sequences in an online world · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1107.0392/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTEmergence of good conduct, scaling and Zipf laws in human behavioral sequences in an online world — mentioned by pasbesoinhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2734830urn:hackerpapers:mention:1107.0392:2734830Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:07:01 GMT<p>Some conjectures (frankly, after having just read the title): + Good and bad are both cascade effects. + Religion might be seen as a device to &quot;generate&quot; a good motive albeit one external to the immediate environment/circumstance, the goal being to promote &quot;good&quot; behavior in the face of / despite being the recipient of &quot;bad&quot; behavior or circumstances. (The follow on questions might be what is defined as &quot;good&quot; behavior and whom is it benefiting.) + Our actions do indeed affect others, and perhaps not just those we are immediately involved with. + Altruism is about bettering the environment…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1107.0392/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.soc-ph