In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.

Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species

Every plausible policy must be followed by the question 'And then what?'

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.

The greatest folly is to accept expert statements uncritically. At the very least, we should always seek another opinion.