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Extension of The Tragedy of the Commons (Science, 1998)

Garrett Hardin · c. 1998

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The more population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity, the more freedoms must be given up

Their wordsIts message is, I think, still true today. Individualism is cherished because it produces freedom, but the gift is conditional: The more the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment, the more freedoms must be given up.

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    The more population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity, the more freedoms must be given up

    Their wordsIts message is, I think, still true today. Individualism is cherished because it produces freedom, but the gift is conditional: The more the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment, the more freedoms must be given up.

  2. Our reading

    The weightiest mistake in the tragedy of the commons paper was leaving out the word unmanaged

    Their wordsTo judge from the critical literature, the weightiest mistake in my synthesizing paper was the omission of the modifying adjective "unmanaged."

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