Fear of divine punishment sustains voluntary labor in coconut courier networks

Evidence

Why wouldn’t these mostly poor folks refuse to transport the nuts, or simply stash them? A clue is found in an interview with one bus driver, who says, “If I refuse to carry coconuts to the goddess, I may face various odds on my way.” — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 195

Categorization

• XREF: Direct evidence for the core reading-purpose bridge: this is Norenzayan’s Big God mechanism in vivo — the perceived surveillance by a punishing deity enforcing costly cooperation. Compare with Father Rodrigues’ fear under the perceived gaze.
• QUESTION: The driver names no specific god as the punisher — is the perceived watcher Maa Tarini herself, or diffuse supernatural retribution? The mechanism’s exact ontology matters for the analytical bridge.