While not having read that much Iain M. Banks, I find myself thinking in Culture Ship names an awful lot. Blip.fm seems to encourage it. I try and think up a culture ship name that sums up the song I'm going to blip. No idea why. I enjoy it greatly however.
The tragedy of the commons is a myth.
There is a vast conspiracy enacted by those who would steal the common off the goose.
A giant distributed clan of supervillainy: the free-riders.
They are sent across the globe and beyond - into our fictions and our factions to ensure that the tragedy plays out as prophesised.
They cannot be reasoned with, they cannot be bought (as they are freeriders) - the only way they can be stopped is by applying a sharp pinch to their left elbow and when they turn around on their hard heels, giving them an extremely disapproving, disappointed look.
Start now.
