REACTION to “Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin”

A human being is naturally greedy, looking after his own interests before those of others. According to Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons, humans would rather seek temporary gain with long-term disadvantages than suffer little inconveniences for long-term gain. But unfortunately, the majority who contribute to this tragedy are not aware of what they are doing. Before reading this paper, I myself was not aware of this problem, and honestly, I still do not know how to avert this tragedy.
Our population problem is not diminishing. Instead, it continues to grow and grow. But our world is finite and our resources limited. Therefore, each person’s share in this world must lessen with the increase in human number. But what is happening now? Each person grabs whatever resources he can for himself and his family. As a result, imbalance is gradually becoming evident in our society, and soon, in our world. We, as human beings, keep doing what we want instead of what we need: reproducing and satisfying our own needs. We increase our demand from this earth’s resources yet we refuse to sacrifice even the most unnecessary inconveniences. Basically, human population continues to increase while the world’s resources continue to decrease. This is tragedy in itself when we think of the generations that will follow.
Illegal logging is one of this topic’s most relevant environmental issues. Illegal loggers only wish to retrieve lumber to sell. They don’t have the slightest regard for the future of this earth. These are the people who don’t look at what will benefit the world and the people around them in the long-run. When the time will come that they realize their mistake, it might be too late. By “too late” I mean that we will barely see green pastures surrounding us, that more animals will become extinct due to