Are we facing what is called
"a Tragedy of the Commons"?
A tragedy of the commons is a situation that happens
where
(1)there is
a shared-resource and
(2) where individual users acting independently
according
to their own self-interest
(3) behave contrary to the common good of
all users
(4) by depleting or
spoiling that resource through their collective action.
Maybe we can learn something from the Science of Sociobiology and Behavioral Ecology can help us ...