Psychology: The "tragedy of the commons" (Hardin, 1968): when a sha…

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Did you know? The "tragedy of the commons" (Hardin, 1968): when a shared resource (fish, atmosphere, grazing land) belongs to everyone, individuals have every reason to maximise their own share — and little reason to think of the group. Result: exhaustion of the resource. Climate change is one example.

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The "tragedy of the commons" (Hardin, 1968): when a shared resource (fish, atmosphere, grazing land) belongs to everyone, individuals have every reason to maximise their own share — and little reason to think of the group. Result: exhaustion of the resource. Climate change is one example.

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