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		gmfawcett 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Package managers keep using Git as a database, it ... Ostrom's results didn't disprove ToC. She showed that common resources can be communally maintained, not that tragic outcomes could never happen.

8note 23 days ago [–]

i dont thjnk anything can disprove that ToC issues can happen under any situation.

that seems like an unreasonable bar, and less useful than "does this system make ToC less frequent than that system"

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