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“tragedy of the commons.”
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit—in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.” 3
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
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L. M. Sacasas • The Enclosure of the Human Psyche
Jeremy Lent • What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?
Value in the Commons Economy: Developments in Open and Contributory Value Accounting
“Tragedy of the Commons” always opens with people benefiting individually by sharing a common resource—a brand-new freeway, for example. But at some point, the amount of activity grows too large for the “commons” to support.
Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
The idea dated back to the Roman Empire. According to a mandate adopted by Justinian, who governed from A.D. 527 to 565, the sea, shoreline, air, and rivers belonged to everyone as part of the commons: Salus populi suprema lex esto. The welfare of the people is the supreme law.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
Garrett Hardin in “The Tragedy of the Commons,” Science, December 13, 1968.