lori on Nostr: I think the tragedy of the commons is probably a phenomenon that actually exists. My ...

I think the tragedy of the commons is probably a phenomenon that actually exists. My usual go-to example is on-the-job training, and 100.0000% of programming jobs requiring programming experience, and employers bellyaching about the broken talent pipeline that they collectively broke. Difference with me is, I think the tragedy of the anticommons is an equally real and consequential phenomenon. Wikipedia's textbook example is the aviation industry during WWI, but I think "intellectual" "property" in general is a particularly tragic anticommons. Another is the sort of opportunity hoarding (or "glass floor") that the respectable classes perpetrate using unpaid internships and the like for professional gatekeeping.