Doesn’t it seem that, if the “tragedy of the commons” were true, Patreon couldn’t exist?
Ostrom’s Law¹ goes something like “if it happens in practice, it ought to be possible in theory.” (1/2)
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Doesn’t it seem that, if the “tragedy of the commons” were true, Patreon couldn’t exist?
Ostrom’s Law¹ goes something like “if it happens in practice, it ought to be possible in theory.” (1/2)
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Lorraine Lee
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in reply to Lorraine Lee • • •Most of human existence land was communal tenancy. I know, for instance, that Russian peasants operated as communes and Italian commune purchased (from lords) and managed land. I know firsthand. This is true in smaller islands off of Fiji because I was talking to a a local who mentioned that his chief granted him the plot of land he lived on and farmed.
Russian peasant communes for instance re allocated land to their members in accordance to their family size.
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Brian Marick
in reply to GhostOnTheHalfShell • • •@GhostOnTheHalfShell @lori There are lots of interesting anecdotes/examples in these two books:
Ostrom’s /Governing the Commons/ goodreads.com/book/show/104842…
Nordman’s /The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom/ goodreads.com/book/show/558599…
The Nordman book is more readable.
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions fo…
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Brian Marick
in reply to Lorraine Lee • • •@lori Elinor Ostrom spent much of her life dissecting existing commons to see how they worked (and, in some cases, why they failed). She had nine design principles for successful commons, summarized here: podcast.oddly-influenced.dev/e… (scroll down)
I took a stab at your examples of failures, but didn’t know enough to see whether/how the principles don’t apply.
Oddly Influenced | /Governing the Commons/, part 1: setting the scene
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