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This article really does seem to exemplify what's wrong with modern journalism. It pretends to be attacking the idea, but spends a large portion of the article
by ApolloFortyNine 8y ago
This article really does seem to exemplify what's wrong with modern journalism. It pretends to be attacking the idea, but spends a large portion of the article attacking the man behind it instead.
- mijamo 8y agoI disagree. The article acknowledged that point and criticized the idea itself. It still talked about the man first because this is essential to understand the context and the ideology behind the idea. The tragedy of the commons leads very quickly to some elitism and hatred of the masses and the other, and that is easy to understand once you know the origin of the concept. On the other hand those comments are pretty typical for HN, where people like to criticize journalists and think they would do so much better about basically everything.
- ApolloFortyNine 8y ago>It still talked about the man first because this is essential to understand the context and the ideology behind the idea. The idea however has been around for ages. Wikipedia points out a source from 1833 [1], but the idea that people act in their own best interest (greed) has been known for thousands of years. Hence why Christianity considers it a sin. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons