Posted by alexandra_k on September 25, 2013, at 6:55:29
In reply to Re: the commons, posted by alexandra_k on September 25, 2013, at 6:48:44
Because: I can manage myself.
I can buy 3 liters of milk. Be careful to keep it properly chilled, and it will last me 7 days.
But if I put it in the fridge here, it will not last 7 days.
Firstly, it will go off sooner, because someone will put it out on the table for hours at a time so a big group of people can use it for their cuppas.
Secondly, it will simply get used up sooner than 7 days.
Here is an (unconscious) strategy. Buy 1 liter of milk. Take a bit out. Leave it alone and use someone elses (my) milk. Eventually someone else (me) will throw out all the half empty bottles of rotten milk (so it doesn't explode on her stuff). Then... Just keep using her milk.
So I supply milk to the house.
Or: I don't get milk.
Tragedy of the commons.
We must all live like pigs.
I must manage everyone: I am not allowed to manage myself.
We must all live like pigs.
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