The team’s solution had been to launch a network with a creative reward system. A total pot of $4,000 would be assigned to each balloon. If Susan spotted a red balloon and reported it on the MIT team website, she would win half the pot: $2,000. If Greg was the one who told Susan about the game, he would win half of the remaining pot: $1,000. If Karen was the one who told Greg about it, she would win half of the remainder: $500. And so on, so that everyone in the reporting chain would get a cut (any money left over from the $4,000 when the chain ended would be donated to charity). The
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