Location: typical metro city (Delhi,Mumbai,Banglore…)
Time: 9:00-11:00 given that most offices open at 10:00.
Duration: Approximate average time required to reach office 45 minutes.So everyone gets going and hits the roads at around 9:15.
Considering the high population and traffic density there are numerous traffic jams all across. People get stuck on roads.
Nobody reaches office on time & a journey of 45 minutes takes somewhere around 1-2 hours. I just try to analyze the problem
******let us classify the people constituting road traffic into 2 segments
1. Active
2. Lazy
Case 1(Ok):The whole population is lazy => nothing changes, status quo continues, same jams, and same times.
Case 2(Best Case):Some lazy + Some active – some people notice the pattern, their will to action drives them and inherent non-laziness urges them to start early. So they start at 8:30.
The lazy ones who are indifferent (arguably better adapted) to the situation do not bother to take any action.
Result: the traffic density reduces simply because now half the population is travelling at a different time than others. So – no more jams.
Case 3 (infinitely Worst Case):The whole population is active => nothing changes except that everyone is taking more trouble and more pain to end up in the same situation – only an hour earlier.
This piece of evidence derives 2 conclusions
1- laziness can only make the situation better or let it remain the same
2- Activity can make it worse.
Moral of the Story--
Be Lazy; make the world a better place to live: D
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