Replying to LO26876 --
"Rol Fessenden" <rol@fessenden.net>, you scared me.  You wrote:
> TOC happens in the natural world all the time.  TOC occurs when the
> feedback loops that inform individual behavior do not adequately account
> for large-scale societal outcomes.
Goldratt's Theory of Constraints is a generic large-scale creator of poor
societal outcomes?
Oops.  Acronym overloading.  Half :-)
Bill
[Host's Note: I was worried about this... 
 - TOC as "Theory of Constraints", Goldratt...
 - TOC as "Tragedy of the Commons", this subject of this thread.
   ..Rick]
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