Posted on February 2, 2007 by Shawn
I am of the less than optimistic opinion that most people are ignorant. Not stupid, which implies they are incapable of knowledge, but willfully ignorant. I am also of the opinion that this willful ignorance by the majority is the primary cause of most the world’s issues. It is tough to find an example of [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2007 by Shawn
I wanted to blither a little bit about a social trap refered to as “tragedy of the commons.” We’ll start out at the origin, Aristotle. He said, “That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Every one thinks chiefly of his own, hardly at all of the common [...]
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