Tragedy of the commons explains resource depletion when individual interests overshadow collective needs. Exploitation examples include Amazon deforestation and fast fashion harming global ecosystems.

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Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories abound. If you want to understand the crazy, mixed-up, 21st century information ecosystem, think about it as what is called a “tragedy of the commons.

First principles of thermodynamics imply that metabolic pathways are faced with a trade-off between the rate and yield of ATP production. Simple evolutionary models argue that this trade-off generates ...

Humanity needs to start addressing the growing space junk problem now, before it gets out of hand, scientists stress. Earth orbit is getting more and more crowded, with both active satellites and ...

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve read a few articles about COVID-19’s knock-on effects on people’s behaviour—particularly stockpiling goods—which people online have called "stupid" and "selfish." ...

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“THE ONLY way we can preserve and nurture other and more precious freedoms is by relinquishing the freedom to breed.” This ominous sentence comes not from China’s one-child policy but from one of the ...

Recently a friend alerted me that a local grocery store was selling hand sanitizer. This grabbed my attention immediately. “You’re sure?” I asked. “Yes. I was just there 5 minutes ago,” he replied. I ...

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The tragedy of the commons is an article published in Science magazine in 1968 by Garrett Hardin. It has since become very well known and is applicable widely when resources are shared without a ...