Wk7 Reading (1968)
Hardin, G. "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science Magazine (1968). Available online at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/162/3859/1243.
How does the theory of the commons relate to the Internet, community, or politics?
First of all, a brilliant classification: "no technical solution problems."
Second, channel Whitehead in the definition of 'tragedy': “The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.”
Key sentence: "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."
This article has a pessimistic ring, but in all honesty when it comes to mathematics you can't share a finite resource with infinite growth. This article implies that we are on a precipise, which seems to be a running theme of all time. I find it incresingly difficult to figure out which sky is actually falling.
"the cost of the waste... discharge[d] into the commons is less than the cost of purifying."
Upon the issue of over population and the contious choice to reduce the problem, here are some brilliant Darwin words. Even if the instinct to breed less increased among the conscious, "nature would have taken her revenge, and the variety Homo contracipiens [who get it] would become extinct and would be replaced by the variety Homo progenitivus [those who don't].”
And lastly, maintaining the status quo is an action, it is a decision. When this is realized, one can way it's appeal to that of an alternative and bam... pragmatist change.
How does the theory of the commons relate to the Internet, community, or politics?
First of all, a brilliant classification: "no technical solution problems."
Second, channel Whitehead in the definition of 'tragedy': “The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.”
Key sentence: "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."
This article has a pessimistic ring, but in all honesty when it comes to mathematics you can't share a finite resource with infinite growth. This article implies that we are on a precipise, which seems to be a running theme of all time. I find it incresingly difficult to figure out which sky is actually falling.
"the cost of the waste... discharge[d] into the commons is less than the cost of purifying."
Upon the issue of over population and the contious choice to reduce the problem, here are some brilliant Darwin words. Even if the instinct to breed less increased among the conscious, "nature would have taken her revenge, and the variety Homo contracipiens [who get it] would become extinct and would be replaced by the variety Homo progenitivus [those who don't].”
And lastly, maintaining the status quo is an action, it is a decision. When this is realized, one can way it's appeal to that of an alternative and bam... pragmatist change.
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