RE: hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/1169The concept of the tragedy of the commons illustrated."when a resource is shared and can benefit the individual at a cost to the community, it is rational for the individual to overuse the resource, even though this collectively leads to the depletion of the resource for everyone"There is simply no way to reach #sustainability while society does not have effective mechanisms to prevent individuals and groups to to abuse the commons.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_

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[–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago

@yala Are you referring to specific flaws of Hardin's historical article and views or more broadly the concept of negative externalities?

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