Garrett Hardin
Garrett Hardin Garrett Hardin (1986) Born 21 April 1915 Dallas, Texas Died September 14, 2003(2003-09-14) (aged 88) Santa Barbara, California Fields Ecology Known for The Tragedy of the Commons (essay) Garrett James Hardin (April 21, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an American ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation. His exposition of the tragedy of the commons, in a famous 1968 paper in Science, called attention to "the damage that innocent actions by individuals can inflict on the environment". He is also known for Hardin's First Law of Human Ecology: "You cannot do only one thing", [page needed] which "modestly implies that there is at least one unwanted consequence".