VII. A Web of Interconnections ↑
55. Groups often pool some of their resources.
Members of groups often pool some of their resources, so that the group manages the shared resources for the good of its members.
Another way to express this idea is by saying that human societies tend to favor some mix of both public and private property.
Words from Others on this Topic
Most things that people buy in stores give them a lot of satisfaction the moment they buy them. But after a few days, that satisfaction decreases, and months later, it completely melts away. But great public space is a kind of magical good. It never ceases to yield happiness. It’s almost happiness itself.
Enrique Peñalosa, from Happy City: Transforming our Lives through Urban Design
Most needed are those ‘third places’ which lend a public balance to the increased privatization of home life. Third places are nothing more than informal public gathering places. The phrase ‘third places’ derives from considering our homes to be the ‘first’ places in our lives, and our work places the ‘second.’
Ray Oldenburg, 1989, from the book The Great Good Place
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