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Is it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing?
In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin (see note below) sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history’s biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons…
Educator: Nicholas Amendolare
Director: Lisa LaBracio
Composer: Nicolas Martigne
Animator: Lisa LaBracio
Narrator Addison Anderson
Please Note:
Garret Hardin cannot be mentioned without some additional context, as he is a problematic figure, considered by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist (see SPLC’s comments on Hardin here) .
