I stumbled into what might be some combinatorial esoterica and I can't stop thinking about it. Additionally, a book organising app told me I have a bunch of badgers in my house. I need to sort them out.

Of the many fascinating insights to be found in Elinor Ostrom's book Governing the commons there are a few that have really stuck with me. My personally sticky insights aren't really related to the core argument, it's all well out of my wheel house after all. My ears most pricked up when Ostrom wrote about the social responsibilities of scientists and the social impact of social research.