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Ecologist

Garrett Hardin, an ecologist, was born on April 21, 1915, and passed away on September 14, 2003. He is renowned for his theory of the 'Tragedy of the Commons,' which explores the issue of resource overuse.

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“Throughout history, human exploitation of the earth has produced this progression: colonize-destroy-move on.”

Humans Earth Moving Exploitation Progression

Book:Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

Source: Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

“A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.”

Way Humans May Littles Ideas Values Natural Morality Solutions Technique Defined Natural Science Human Values

Book:The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons

Source: The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons

“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.”

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Book:Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

Source: Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

“(Technology reliability) x (Human reliability) = (System reliability)”

Humans Technology Reliability

Book:Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

Source: Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

“The only thing we can really count on in this uncertain world is human unreliability itself.”

World Humans Uncertain Unreliability

Book:Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

Source: Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

“People are the quintessential element in all technology... Once we recognize the inescapable human nexus of all technology our attitude toward the reliability problem is fundamentally changed.”

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Author:Garrett Hardin

About the Author

Born: April 21, 1915
Died: September 14, 2003
Known for: Ecologist
Quotes: 65

Books & Sources

Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship BeagleRelated source material

Filters Against Folly: How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely EloquentRelated source material

The Immigration Dilemma: Avoiding the Tragedy of the CommonsRelated source material

Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population TaboosRelated source material

Naked emperors: essays of a taboo-stalkerRelated source material

The Ostrich Factor: Our Population MyopiaRelated source material

Nature and Man's FateRelated source material

Biology, its principles and implicationsRelated source material

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