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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@openriskBut you are aware that the whole story about that Tragedy is flawed, and that it has often been proven wrong?I'm willing to find references, if that interests you.

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