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Post #1336172
2026-02-10 07:05 UTC
@dougmerritt sorry if i'm giving "somebody's wrong on the internet" vibes, but "the tragedy of the commons" is not a real phenomenon. it's a malthusian eugenicist's phantasma, and he used it to explain his ideas about how the world should work: https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum/109449321743230309
in actual history people often manage the commons quite nicely.
@robpike
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@BenAveling@infosec.exchange 2026-02-10 07:29
TLDR: The tragedy of the commons is that they were privatized. So I guess it is relevant. If there’s a moral it has to be that putting up a satellite doesn’t mean you own the space it’s in. And maybe: it’s time to charge rent. #hashtagNeeded @dougmerritt @computersandblues @robpike