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Lifespan

by David A Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante

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Tragedy of the Commons

Examples:

  1. In the developed world, we can largely live happy and healthy lives by consuming less. But the tendency is to consume more, and this may lead to a situation where resources are depleted.

Insights:

  1. Humans are not good at taking personal action to solve collective problems.
  2. Societal change for good can happen when self-interest aligns with common good.