You're part of a research team working on Project Phoenix.
Goal: Achieve success while maintaining your reputation.
The Dilemma:
→ Stopping makes YOU the "quitter" (reputation damage)
→ Continuing increases costs and risks
→ Deferring responsibility doubles risk but protects you
The last person standing wins... or loses everything.
🎯 PROJECT STATUS - TURN 1
💰 Investment: $50,000
📈 Success: 70.0%
⚠️ Risk: 20.0%
⭐ Reputation: 100
👤 Players Left: 4
👥 Morale: 80.0%
💭 Current Narrative: "We're so close to a breakthrough! The data shows promise..."
🎲 Your Turn - What do you choose?
🎬 GAME OVER - FINAL ANALYSIS 🎬
🧠 COGNITIVE BIASES DEMONSTRATED:
🔹 Sunk Cost Fallacy - "We've invested too much to quit now"
🔹 Responsibility Diffusion - "Someone else will decide"
🔹 Framing Effects - "We're so close to success!"
🔹 Groupthink - "Nobody wants to be the quitter"
🔹 Loss Aversion - "Stopping feels like admitting failure"