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Criticism

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

Elbert Hubbard

“The Tragedy of the Commons.”

Thirty years ago, an ecologist and professor named Garrett Hardin wrote a classic article in the journal Science titled “The Tragedy of the Commons.” His thesis was that individuals, acting in their rational self-interest, may ultimately destroy a limited resource over the long term.

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To illustrate, Hardin used the metaphor of an open pasture – “the commons” – to which herdsmen bring their cattle to feed. The herdsmen understandably want to feed as many of their cattle as possible – or as Hardin put it “As a rational being, each herdsman seeks to maximize his gain.” It all works fine so long as there’s enough grass to feed all the cattle. As demand rises, however, the effects of overgrazing take a progressive toll on the commons, until ultimately they’re destroyed for everyone.

“Therein is the tragedy,” Hardin writes. “Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit – in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.”

Hardin’s focus was on the ultimate costs prompted by the individual freedom to have children without limitation – namely overpopulation and insufficient resources for the many.

Same thing happens in a world of limited resources.

In the financial sector, who's goal is profit. To generate ever more profit, institutions, hedge fund managers, brokers, investment advisers and mutual fund managers are competing and many times doing whatever necessary.

IF..... (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son

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