Friday, February 13, 2015

The Tragedy of The Commons by Garrett Hardin

  • are commons a good thing?
  • does have commons/public areas --> communism?
  • it is impossible to please everyone, and we shouldn't try to
  • In America we focus more on individualism, and everyone for himself
    • each person/farmer pursues his own interests on this common ground, which will make that one animal gets more than his share, limiting that of another animal's
  • commons is the opposite of individualism, and if we keep commons then we have no more room to grow
  • so should we eliminate all commons, or in a step-wise fashion?
  • do commons mean "free" or "freedom"
    • $$ or availability
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2/13/15
  • similar to diffusion of responsibility, bystander effect
  • common sharing of the quad vs. private
  • tragedy of private ownership
  • good capitalism, bad communism

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