“The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.” G. Hardin
This article is about how when people own something collectively, there will always be people who put individual benefit over the disadvantage of everyone else and eventually act rationally in their own interest. When something, for example Planet Earth, is owned collectively, negative effects are carried by everyone living on the planet and not only the person who causes the damage.
The tragedy of the commons
Garrett Hardin
Article
01/01/1968
Science