tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post4350326934729467070..comments2024-01-24T11:15:02.475-06:00Comments on Sen Sen No Sen: The Tragedy of the Commons Still HoldsPBIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05643553811799195520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post-44672770579453735742008-12-07T13:21:00.000-06:002008-12-07T13:21:00.000-06:00Anonymous,Actually, I think you were clear in your...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Actually, I think you were clear in your statement; I just beleive you need to go further. I agree that the root cause is greed and selfishness, and that that is inherent in all human beings to one degree or another. (That's the biological imperative for you!) My point is that recognizing the reason for the way things are is only step one; a solution must follow.<BR/><BR/>I also agree that we need to ask more of one another in terms of a sense of community, but I believe that merely remarking on that fact is not going to achieve the results we need. Certainly, some people will "do what's right," but those aren't the folks we need to worry about. Identification of bad actors and proper regulation to create incentives that drive desired behavior are necessary for dealing with the most self-centered among us.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>PBIPBIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643553811799195520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post-47510453060823432792008-12-06T18:54:00.000-06:002008-12-06T18:54:00.000-06:00Perhaps I was not clear in my statement. The root ...Perhaps I was not clear in my statement. The root cause is egoistic behavior from people who don’t feel a sense of responsibility toward their fellow man. They want to receive for themselves alone without thought to the consequences of that behavior. But don’t we all behave in this way? <BR/> <BR/>It’s just that we are not aware or don’t want to see that we ourselves have no thought for others. This is what has to change in people; to yearn for a higher level of development <BR/> <BR/>You can analyze the institutions and the policies and I am not saying that this is an incorrect process however in the end what you still have is human nature repeating itself in some other form of greed and avarice. <BR/> <BR/>When we as humans are imbalanced within ourselves it surfaces in the type of behavior that we have seen lately. <BR/>To truly love your neighbor as yourself you would want to do what is best for them as well as yourself. <BR/>I think that we have to ask more of people in today’s environment."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post-78283015234719051042008-12-03T15:42:00.000-06:002008-12-03T15:42:00.000-06:00Anonymous,This is a nice sentiment, but it fails t...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>This is a nice sentiment, but it fails to address the root cause of the issue. While it is true that greed and selfishness magnified by institutional enablement are, broadly speaking, behind the crisis, fixing said crisis will take more than simply loving one's neighbor. <BR/><BR/>Root cause analysis - understanding the people and institutions and policies that caused the crisis - is essential for solving it and ensuring it doesn't occur again. Failing to do so is not, in fact, some high-minded avoidance of finger-pointing; it is criminal negligence.<BR/><BR/>PBIPBIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643553811799195520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223331.post-74345372124088722402008-12-02T22:44:00.000-06:002008-12-02T22:44:00.000-06:00It’s easy for people to blame one another in hinds...It’s easy for people to blame one another in hindsight of this crisis but in the end we are all responsible. Those who sold the mortgages and those who took on a mortgage they could not afford. Where does that leave us? It leaves us in an obvious imbalance of our financial system. <BR/>This ongoing collapse of our financial structure comes to show us that rather than this being just a problem for our individual country it also a problem for the rest of the world.<BR/>Thereby what one does affects everyone else. <BR/><BR/>Rather than looking to scapegoat a particular person or group we need to understand that we have broken the universal law of “loving our neighbor”, by our greed and egoism. <BR/> <BR/>Here is an interesting blog that also speaks about this crisis we are experiencing and the reason for it.<BR/>http://www.laitman.com/2008/10/the-financial-crisis-an-analysisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com