Why we fail the ‘tragedy of the commons’ test | Toronto Star

I pose this exact challenge to students each semester in my social psychology course at the University of Maryland. This summer, one of my students happened to tweet about it, and his reaction went viral. This puzzle has resonated with millions of people around the globe — in the past week I’ve gotten responses from people in Poland, Spain, Italy, Croatia, New Zealand and Paraguay, to name a few.

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