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Of course there is. But that’s neither what you said, nor the topic being discussed. What you said is more than a select few could afford a $40 book. The topi
by xevb3k 8y ago
Of course there is. But that’s neither what you said, nor the topic being discussed.
What you said is more than a select few could afford a $40 book.
The topic being discussed is, the morality of charging so much/piracy.
Good work plugging your github though!
- billsix 8y agoMore than a select few can afford this book
- xevb3k 8y agoOver 80% of the world population lives on less than $10/day. The percentage of the world population who can afford this book is very small. Maybe 10%, 5%? Other than repeating this obviously wrong statement, would you like to provide some evidence that >20% of the world population can afford this book?
- billsix 8y agoI said that more than a select few can afford the book. I did not say that it is affordable globally. Pirate away dude. The piracy of JSTOR repos didn’t help the global poor population, nor will piracy of this book.
- xevb3k 8y agoYour definition of “many” is <5% of people, got it.
- rdc12 8y agoThe worlds population living on $10/day, will have no use for a book on a niche aspect of type systems. The majority of people on that wage will probably not even access to a computer.
- xevb3k 8y agoWhat is the purpose of this comment? Most people, at any income level, would not find value in this book. The fraction of people who find value in the book maybe correlated with income. There are a large number of people who might benefit from access to this book (or similar books) would can not afford to legitimately purchase it. Given that only a small fraction of the world population can afford this book (I estimated 5%, happy entertain other estimates) it seems likely that the majority of people that could benefit from access to this book, could not afford to buy it. I find that unfortunate.
- a_imho 8y agoAn obvious counterexample is students.
- sn9 8y agoThey can request that their library pick up a copy. Or get an inter-library loan.