Ch 12: Shipwrecked

I arrived in Cambridge this morning 3/12/06 after a 3 hour bus ride from Oxford.



After checking into the Hamilton Hotel I unpacked and turned on the tube to relax. As it happened to be the show that was on was called "Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands". I thought it to be nothing more then another Survivor type show. A few minutes into it I got the point. Two teams on nearby islands compete for "castaways" to join their tribes.
Both are tropical sunny islands in the same vicinity. Each tribe would try to convince the castaways to stay by showing him/her the merits of their island (which were almost identical) but more importantly the merits of the tribes themselves- their personalities and overall likability.

Additional factors the castaways would consider included how organized the tribes were, how they got along with one another, and what roles the castaway would have if he/she were to join them. I thought this was very interesting. Two islands in the sea, almost identical. How is a castaway to choose the right one?