# social trap

> a situation in which a group of people act to obtain short-term individual gains, which in the long run leads to a loss for the group as a whole

**Wikidata**: [Q7551429](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551429)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_trap)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/social-trap