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Jamie Raskin: “It looks like we've got the classic tragedy of the commons problem, where you've got a common-shared resource that, if…”

On the recordMay 1, 2017
It looks like we've got the classic tragedy of the commons problem, where you've got a common-shared resource that, if everybody were left to their own individual devices and interests, then we would rapidly be depleted.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Describing the need for regulation of shared resources to prevent depletion.

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