Throughout the entirety of the pandemic, we have seen various takes on how to stop the spread of the virus, whilst maintaining adequate economic performance.
the ‘tragedy of the commons’ means some will always value personal gain over the group.
interesting cultural differences between the hyper-individualistic US and more family/community minded asian cultures.
i think a capitalist free market society is the best we can do... to tame the inherent greed/evil/selfishness/laziness of human apes... but unfortunately it requires infinite “growth”, and almost always cannot deal with ‘common goods’.
this is why i am pessimistic about our human future... climate change/ wars over resource depletion (water/ energy), pollution.
i think we are fucked... but i take solace in the fact that the cockroaches will survivef us and go on to evolve perhaps into some intelligent life.
i agree.
public health is a ‘common good’.
the ‘tragedy of the commons’ means some will always value personal gain over the group.
interesting cultural differences between the hyper-individualistic US and more family/community minded asian cultures.
i think a capitalist free market society is the best we can do... to tame the inherent greed/evil/selfishness/laziness of human apes... but unfortunately it requires infinite “growth”, and almost always cannot deal with ‘common goods’.
this is why i am pessimistic about our human future... climate change/ wars over resource depletion (water/ energy), pollution.
i think we are fucked... but i take solace in the fact that the cockroaches will survivef us and go on to evolve perhaps into some intelligent life.
Hopefully we can figure something out before it's too late!