Human contact seemed to her so frail a thing that the hope that two people might want each other in the same way, at the same time and with the possibility of doing something about it, seemed infinitely remote.

Margaret Drabble

The Waterfall

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Topic

Connecting with others

Author

Margaret Drabble

Source

The Waterfall

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Drabble, Margaret. The Waterfall. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969.

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Picture a pasture open to all... The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another... But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit-in a world that is limited.

Garrett Hardin

The Tragedy of the Commons

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Topic
Tragedy of the commons

Author

Garrett Hardin
Source
The Tragedy of the Commons
Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Hardin, Garrett. "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science Magazine, 13 Dec. 1968.