Car Brain‘s Dilemma is a (made-up) form of the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

• In a city like Sofia, if everyone goes to work by public transport, bicycles, or walking, the average commute would be 30 minutes
• If most people go by bus, the ones who choose a car would reach work in 15 minutes
• if most people go by car, going by bus will take 1h, and going by car will take 45 minutes

It’s faster to go by car but if all people don’t use cars, the average commute time would improve. How do you resolve that?

I wrote a small essay on the subject of why people associate cars with freedom in 2023