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.