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Is this a tragedy of the commons, or am I misapplying this term? At an individual level it makes complete sense to put your family into the safest car possible
by WheatMillington 2y ago
Is this a tragedy of the commons, or am I misapplying this term? At an individual level it makes complete sense to put your family into the safest car possible - your thoughts are with you and your family, not the strangers around you.
- brailsafe 2y agoPersonal automobile ownership is the source of more tragedies of the commons than anything else I can think of.
- brailsafe 2y agoPersonal automobile ownership is the source of more tragedies of the commons than anything else I can think of. The only personally incurred negative externality that comes to mind at the moment would be the decreased likelihood of having a healthy lifestyle based on decreased need to walk anywhere.
- t0bia_s 2y agoYou still increase death risk of your children simple by sitting them in car. Car accidents are leading cause of death of children in wealth countries.