A Tragedy of the Earth

Garrett Hardin, back in 1968, wrote a well known report called The Tragedy of the Commons and was published in Science.  Tragedy of the commons talks about the depletion of a shared resource whether it be a field that cattle graze in or the Earth.

Prof. Sean Mulholland of Stonehill College explains the Tragedy of the Commons that occurs when individuals deplete resources that are supposed to  be shared.

"The only way we can preserve and nurture other and more precious freedoms is by relinquishing the freedom to breed, and that very soon. "Freedom is the recognition of necessity"--and it is the role of education to reveal to all the necessity of abandoning the freedom to breed. Only so, can we put an end to this aspect of the tragedy of the commons."

~Hardin, 1968

Hardin, Garrett, and 1968. "The Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin - The Garrett Hardin Society - Articles." The Garrett Hardin Society. N.p., 13 Oct. 1968. Web. 12 May 2013. <http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/articles/art_tragedy_of_the_commons.html>.

LearnLiberty. "Tragedy of The Commons." YouTube. N.p., 29 June 2011. Web. 12 May 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLirNeu-A8I>.

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