Quotes from "The Tragedy of the Commons"

"Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush"

Men think seldom of the future, and always about the present. I think this quote can relate to Merchant in that a lot of the social constructions men have created over the centuries have had dire consequences in the near and/or far future.

"The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers."

I think the oil lobbyists and other people who Nye talks about who defuse the reality that benefits them personally are clear examples of this quote.

"there is a fair defense that can be put forward for the view that the world is infinite or that we do no know that it is not".

This can be related to Nye's quote "the earth's limits are our own"

However, it is now known that this is incorrect, for we DO know that it is not.(science has proven that we are reaching those limits)