Posted by alexandra_k on September 21, 2013, at 18:11:33
In reply to Re: the commons, posted by Dr. Bob on September 21, 2013, at 2:51:12
I hadn't read the Hardin article. Perfect statement of a position on mental illness (whether true or false, perfect statement of a position).
:-)
I think part of the negative experience of the deputies was facing hostility from those they punished and from other members of the community who disagreed with their decision to punish and / or with their decision to more generally participate in the process of sanctions. I think that came as a bit of a shock. And then the deputies wanted special protection from those kinds of hostilities (which involves more punishments being doled out) and things got hard... Of course the deputies all turned out to be a hell of a lot stronger than they thought... Something something about iron and fires...
I dug around some more and, of course, Ostrom won the Nobel prize already for looking at anthropological solutions to tragedy of commons. I just knew it would be a good idea to do that :-)
(Profiting, as I do, from interacting with *other people* who have been influenced by her work).
It is a whole field... There is a 'Journal of Commons' even. Lol.
I found "Managing the virtual commons: Cooperation and conflict in computer communities" - but I'm having trouble re-finding the internal content for the first chapter... Found this handy summary here:
But it doesn't quite do justice to parts I thought were worth drawing out... The social dilemma's... Ostrom's 8 features...
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