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But curation is the work nobody wants to pay for now, isn't it? "Calories" and "caloric cost" is a funny measure of value. Especially ironic given that from a
by CRConrad 5y ago
But curation is the work nobody wants to pay for now, isn't it?
"Calories" and "caloric cost" is a funny measure of value. Especially ironic given that from a nutritional perspective, they're what the poor get too much of and the rich do their best to avoid.
In the information-nutritional world, dross ("empty calories") is what FAANG throws at the plebeians to milk them of their money ("caloric value"?). So yeah, now it makes sense: You've got your "valuable" and "not valuable" bass-ackwards; what you come off as valuing highly is the offal that the rich throw to the poor.
- dredmorbius 5y agoMy read is that ctdonath is equating infomration at nil marginal cost with food or fuel at nil marginal cost. I believe the absurdity is self-apparent. If that's not their argument ... then what they're trying to state is less than clear.