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“What's Left When You're Right” podcast - Golden Balls game show 30 points -from //RadioLab// podcast – Season 12, Episode 6 Day 6 – Intensive Writing

How would you react if you were on this game show? Why? Would you choose the “Split” ball or the “Steal” ball? Would you tell the other person the truth? How would you react when both balls are revealed? Does this game indicate anything about people on the whole, or is this only about the two individuals who face each other? Are we all always acting in our own self-interest, or can we be altruistic in certain situations, acting for the benefit of others? When we are being altruistic is it still in our own self-interest? To what extent does the audience affect the outcome? Can you know whether or not your opponent is worried about looking like a sucker and losing? Would it make a difference if the choices were “Split” or “Share”? Is this game show a referendum on the morality of each player, or is it just a game?

Start with a thesis statement that sums up your feelings on the whole about this situation. Then explain how you think you would behave in this situation under a variety of outcomes and why you would behave that way.

10 points for a prewrite that shows you thought before you wrote. __+20 points__ for writing a coherent essay. 30 points total