Garrett Hardin
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Ecologist, author of "The Tragedy of the Commons" (1915 to 2003); American ecologist and microbiologist who focused his career on human overpopulation; the…
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The more population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity, the more freedoms must be given up (opens korrents.com)
“Its message is, I think, still true today. Individualism is cherished because it produces freedom, but the gift is conditional: The more the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment, the more…”
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The weightiest mistake in the tragedy of the commons paper was leaving out the word unmanaged (opens korrents.com)
“To judge from the critical literature, the weightiest mistake in my synthesizing paper was the omission of the modifying adjective "unmanaged."”
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The population problem cannot be solved in a technical way (opens korrents.com)
“The population problem cannot be solved in a technical way, any more than can the problem of winning the game of tick-tack-toe.”
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The more population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity, the more freedoms must be given up (opens korrents.com)