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“The tragedy of the commons is a situation in a shared-resource system where individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, behave
by andy_ppp 6y ago
“The tragedy of the commons is a situation in a shared-resource system where individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling the shared resource through their collective action.” It is definitely a Tragedy of the Commons at least according to the Wikipedia definition...
- emiliobumachar 6y agoSeconded. Both concepts apply, as is very common. Attempting to generalize: A tragedy of the commons is when everyone would be better off if everyone avoided an action which produces more negative externalities than captured value, but each one is individually better off if they take that action, so most do take it.