The Tragedy of the Commons

Garrett Hardin, an ecologist and biologist, published an essay with this title in 1968, proposing that humans always compete against each other for resources until those resources run out – each only pursuing their own interests and needs.

• Source:
  • The original article was published in Science in 1968.
  • I found it through this essay in Aeon which focuses on humans’ capacities to be generous and caring to each other.
• Related:
  • The Miracle of the Commons