What Does It Mean To Us Today

In Hardin's " Tragedy of the Commons," and Diamonds, "The World as Polder: What Does it Mean to Us Today?," One can see how Hardin's main points relate to Diamonds, because both dissect the unsustainable aspects of our society. Both authors use different methods to get their point across, however their main points are very similar. Although Diamond closely looks at past societal collapses, and what aspects of their society caused their collapses, Hardin's current view of the modern worlds unsustainable population, has many characteristic to the older society's that Diamond discusses in his essay. For example Hardin look at our increasing population and how we are over indulging in our resources, that will soon run out if we're not careful. While on the other hand, Diamond describes how over population was a major reason for the Easter Islanders collapse.