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For what it's worth, this is quite literally a textbook example of the tragedy of the commons. Fruit will always be picked unripe, for if it is left to ripen,
by mises 7y ago
For what it's worth, this is quite literally a textbook example of the tragedy of the commons. Fruit will always be picked unripe, for if it is left to ripen, whoever chooses to leave it will have none.
- Alex3917 7y agoAs long as there are is enforcement to prevent people from harvesting stuff to sell, there would always be more food than people. E.g. in NYC there are something like 30,000 acres of parks, so you could have literally hundreds of acres landscaped with edible species without meaningfully reducing other forms of public space.