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It isn't really a tragedy of the commons... what resource is being overused? It is a collective action problem, which is really a type of prisoner's dilemma.
by cortesoft 6y ago
It isn't really a tragedy of the commons... what resource is being overused?
It is a collective action problem, which is really a type of prisoner's dilemma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_action_problem
- rightbyte 6y agoIt is not really a prisoners' dilemma. Who is the other prisoner?
- thotsBgone 6y agoYou and I are both prisoners.
- cortesoft 6y agoA prisoner’s dilemma doesn’t require actual prisoners; it was the first example of this type of problem, which is why the name is used for all sorts of problems with the same characteristics; namely, that there is some optimal outcome for everyone that could be reached if everyone chose a particular decision, but their is always an individual incentive to ‘defect’ and choose the other option.
- Kinrany 6y agoI too usually interpret "tragedy of the commons" as "everyone does the thing even though everyone would be better of if no one did the thing"