> the only scarcity is our attention. I'm surprised nobody brought up artificial scarcity. Debeer's diamond cartel is one of the most recognized early examples

> the only scarcity is our attention. I'm surprised nobody brought up artificial scarcity. Debeer's diamond cartel is one of the most recognized early examples of artificial scarcity. Lots of places have artificial land shortages. There's plenty of capital to solve societies big problems but instead we have economic waste like 20 companies cloning the latest candy crush app.