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As a [metaphor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor), the tragedy of the commons should not be taken too literally. The "tragedy" is not in the word's conventional or theatric sense, nor a condemnation of the processes that lead to it. Similarly, Hardin's use of "commons" has frequently been misunderstood, leading him to later remark that he should have titled his work "The Tragedy of the Unregulated Commons".[[22]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons#cite_note-22)[[23]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardin1998-23)
Tragedy of the Commons
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But these are the awkward postures one must assume not only to posit LLMs as a potentially lucrative product (as has been widely pointed out) but also to sustain fantasies about there being a perspective that certain special people have a right to claim as neutral and objective, despite the intrinsic and inevitable biases of any situated knowledge.
Practico-Inertia
Rob Horning
In the work of Shelley Tremain, what is put at stake is often philosophy as a practice that is meant to give an account of who exists, how they exist, and how they are to be managed.
On Human Capital and the Eugenic Commitment
RevoltingBodies
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