Tragedy of the Commons

Commenters identify the thread's scenario as an instance of the 'Tragedy of the Commons,' frequently linking to its Wikipedia page and debating its relevance to issues like resource overuse or collective action problems.

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US cgiar.org E2 en.m AKA wikipedia.org tragedy commons commons tragedy pond ownership fish craigslist fishing resource emissions

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swsieber Apr 24, 2019 View on HN

Sorry - I think the tragedy of the commons would like to disagree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

gpuhacker Apr 10, 2019 View on HN

More a tragedy of the commons.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

known Feb 9, 2017 View on HN

AKA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

opengears Jan 18, 2024 View on HN

this is called "tragedy of the commons" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

the-dude Apr 10, 2019 View on HN

Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons ?

known Jul 15, 2018 View on HN

I think it's about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

pjmorris Jun 26, 2017 View on HN

Maybe 'Tragedy of the Commons'? [0][0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

java-man Jan 6, 2020 View on HN

I would say it's rather descibed by tragedy of commons:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

hablog May 15, 2023 View on HN

How is this a tragedy of the commons?

ipsum2 Apr 24, 2020 View on HN

Yes, but there's a tragedy of the commons effect here.