Wes Groleau wrote:
Now, extrapolate that out to 10 apartments or 50 or more. That seems
like a lot of constant covering and uncovering to maintain a
comfortable temperature in each apartment. Everytime someone makes a
change, the whole building is affected.

I think I'd stick with opening and closing windows which only impact
single apartments, or even single rooms within each apartment.

multiple loops. they're not all on the same loop. your example doesn't
hold up.

Even if they were, the example assumes (1) the tenants care about other
tenants and (2) they have half a clue about the effect of their actions.

The example makes no such assumption. It discusses nothing more than cause
and effect.