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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by mensetmanusman on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:08AM (#34080893)
People act in their own self interest which is often at odds with the entire population’s interest. See: prisoner’s dilemma.

Tragedy of the commons is now defined in game theory and is a naturally occurring phenomenon when people have limited resources and the drive to survive.

Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by kennywinker on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:54AM (#34082289)
Sure. But define “limited resources” and “survive”. When life is zero sum - i.e. either you die or I die, yes humans are often selfish. But in actual day to day life those situations are exceedingly rare. Our normal drive, in my experience, is to form communities around shared care of common resources - because that is often both in our personal self interest and in our communal interest.