In the first round of the experiment we did last class, each
of the members tried to get most of fish from the lake without thinking the
next fishing population for the next season. People were being selfish. They
just get at many as possible. I was really disappointed in the first round
season one because I wasn’t a good fisher and I only got 1. Others got like
four or five. Therefore for the next season there were really few fish left for
us to fish. Eventually some people who fished the most at the beginning died
out faster than I. Their selfishness actually made them more vulnerable to die.
Before the first round had ended, Wanyi and I had to make sacrifices by not
fishing a lot of, because we want the fish to reproduce for the next round, so
that we can have more to fish.
Before the start of the second round, we were able to talk
about the strategies so that people can get the most fish out of it. Therefore
in the start of the second round, people sacrifices by fishing fewer in order
to get more fish for the next time. This is a good way to maximize the number
of fish.
In daily life, there are many common resources that people
fight for it because it might diminishes, but many people don’t consider the
consequences in their initial actions.
