If the value of the car to the owner is derived from its scarcity, then making more copies of that car available will, from a certain way of thinking, harm the

If the value of the car to the owner is derived from its scarcity, then making more copies of that car available will, from a certain way of thinking, harm the owner (from their perspective). If you own a jaguar because you love to drive it, more jaguars on the road seems neutral to good. If you own a jaguar because it demonstrates that you can afford it and others cannot, more jaguars on the road seems bad. The root of this difference is whether a personal value system is based on the sum of utility- how many people are happy, and how much- versus the spread of utility- how much better off I am compared to my neighbors. Much of present human culture publicly praises the former- collectivism which "raises all ships"- while individuals quietly optimize their personal advantage, and cry outrage at policies which they perceive as allowing others to "close in" on their own standard of living. This tendency toward zero-sum thinking- and the resistance to social progress it creates- is a troubling problem.