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From: Nicholas Lee <N.J.Lee@statslab.cam.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:33:12 +0000 (GMT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Ola Fosheim [iso-8859-1] Gr=F8stad wrote:
> What is the "tragedy of the commons" ??
Consider the Internet as a classic example.
Shared resource (the commons) which is beginning to come under extreme
pressure, to the point where congestion makes it impossible to use at
times. (the tragedy)
Uncoupled self-interest without negative feedback, in shared resource
systems tends to create this sort of behaviour.=20
Nicholas
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