We are creating the final boss of tragedy of the commons.

I used to think we were progressing up an exciting tech tree. That seems naive now.

Water, land, energy, the soundscape, intellectual property that incentivizes the dissemination of good ideas, digital networks of information and self-expression, perhaps even the economic value of expertise itself are all being sacrificed in the now for promises of utopia in the future.

Precious eggs to give to those promising a utopian omelet, eventually.