Topic 17: Tragedy of the Commons Experiment

No one in our table take too many fish, because it is simply too hard to 'get' fish. Each person only gets two to three fish. Everyone did tried to take as many as possible, but it is not easy to do so. Only I sacrifice the number of fish I took for the good of the community, because I done this kind of exercise before. The society neither reward person who sacrifice nor person who gain the most benefit, because everyone want to gain the most profit and they don't care about other people. Our strategy change in game 2. We decide to only take two fish on each round and take all on the last round. It does make a difference to know what the rewards are. It is not possible to maximize fish caught per person as well as the number of fish remaining in the pond at the same time, because to maximize fish per person is to make sure the lake is empty. A local area such as sofa area has situation arises. Everyone want to sit on the sofa after lunch, but there are not enough sits for everyone. The problem can be solved through sharing the sits and take turns. Oil and coil are natural resources that are common resources. Global commons are outer space and ocean. Outer space and ocean are not being used wisely because they are not being used completely and efficiently. Our knowledge to those area is small. Not all the resources within the ocean or outer space are being used wisely. People can research more on how to use resources completely.