Comments on: Tragedy of the anti-commons http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/20/tragedy-of-the-anti-commons/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Variable-length patents — The Endeavour http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/20/tragedy-of-the-anti-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-128168 Variable-length patents — The Endeavour Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:09:35 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3704#comment-128168 [...] also this post about the tragedy of the anti-commons. The tragedy of the commons is misuse of a resource nobody owns. The tragedy of the anti-commons is [...] [...] also this post about the tragedy of the anti-commons. The tragedy of the commons is misuse of a resource nobody owns. The tragedy of the anti-commons is [...]

]]> By: Pseudo-commons and anti-commons — The Endeavour http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/20/tragedy-of-the-anti-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-61903 Pseudo-commons and anti-commons — The Endeavour Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:31:46 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3704#comment-61903 [...] other is Michael Heller’s idea of the tragedy of the anti-commons. If too many people own a resource, the difficulties in coordination may keep the resource from [...] [...] other is Michael Heller’s idea of the tragedy of the anti-commons. If too many people own a resource, the difficulties in coordination may keep the resource from [...]

]]> By: Wedge http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/20/tragedy-of-the-anti-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-27656 Wedge Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:13:12 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3704#comment-27656 Ah yes, I see. Bike sheds require an infinite amount of design time (because the color cannot be agreed upon), and thus are never built. ;) This is a great post and one that hits right to the heart of why it is so damaging to overly protect inventions and information. Ah yes, I see. Bike sheds require an infinite amount of design time (because the color cannot be agreed upon), and thus are never built. ;)

This is a great post and one that hits right to the heart of why it is so damaging to overly protect inventions and information.

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]]> By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/20/tragedy-of-the-anti-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-27593 John Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:18 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3704#comment-27593 I like the bike shed answer. :) (See <a href="http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/27/parkinsons-law/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> for the origin of "bike shed.") I like the bike shed answer. :)

(See this post for the origin of “bike shed.”)

]]> By: John Johnson http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/20/tragedy-of-the-anti-commons/comment-page-1/#comment-27589 John Johnson Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:40 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3704#comment-27589 The answer to the one acre of land problem, of course, is to build a bike shed on it. The answer to the one acre of land problem, of course, is to build a bike shed on it.

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