Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B
by tim333 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:29AM
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I live in Britain where the original commons were located and have yet to see a tragic one. The idea may apply to things like overfishing.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B
by throwaway2037 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:46AM
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Do you think the overfishing situation will get better/worse/same after Brexit?
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B
by tim333 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:16AM
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No idea to be honest.
Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B
by Xelynega on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:36AM
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That's a question that's nearly irrelevant to determining if overfishing is because of a tradgedy of the commons.
If post-brexit overfishing numbers increase, what evidence is there that the increase is due to individual greed and not a government policy?
Your article says that the tragedy of the commons does not have to happen, but we don't really have the numbers. Those examples could be cherry picking, and everyone's personal experience kind of says that the opposite is more common (commons mismanagement). That's why the original article was so influential: it gave a name to something we've always seen.
It's great that we can assume tragedy of the commons is not as immutable as some law of physics, but it still looks like a powerful social force unless proven otherwise.
And I imagine, like any social study, it's going to be very hard to get actual numbers for the tragedy of the commons versus comedy of the commons scenarios.