Why we can't have nice things: dockless bikes and the tragedy of the commons

Behind this bucolic industry is a multibillion-dollar battle between China’s big tech companies and Silicon Valley, and the nightmare of vandals and parkingIf there is one sad fact that technology has taught us, it’s maybe that we just can’t have nice things. Now Washington DC has become the latest testing ground for what happens when technology and good intentions meet the real world.Brightly coloured bikes began popping up around the US capital in September like little advert