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Tragedy of the commons. The person that ruins a commons first takes all the supply. This is why regulation before, not after, the commons are plundered, is imp
by stephantul 1mo ago
Tragedy of the commons. The person that ruins a commons first takes all the supply.
This is why regulation before, not after, the commons are plundered, is important.
- XorNot 1mo agoRather depends on the "spoils" capacity of the channel. The windfall may not even justify the initial expenditure before it's exhausted.
- stephantul 1mo agoI think spoiling a commons is risky for individuals, not so much for investors. Breaking a future law is lucrative
- lelanthran 1mo agoJokes on them - they poison the commons enough, and soon no one is going to trust anything they read on the internet. Which is how it should have been from the get-go.
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- skinfaxi 1mo agoWhat makes you think that is not the intention?
- poncho_romero 1mo agoExactly. It will be great for the rich and powerful when common people are drowning in so much mis- and disinformation that the only way to get through a day is to disbelieve everything. There will be even less accountability then.
- AndrewKemendo 1mo agoIt’s an information problem you can’t solve. Unless you take a global census of every possible resource, as well as it’s replenishment rate, you can’t know how to rate limit it All overconsumption is only recognized after the fact It’s one of the most intractable problems in the universe