In particular, as the scope of the conspiracy grows, the cost of keeping that secret very quickly outstrips any potential profit from exploiting the secret. Eg.

In particular, as the scope of the conspiracy grows, the cost of keeping that secret very quickly outstrips any potential profit from exploiting the secret. Eg. if oil companies could use ESP to know where to drill, then they would still need to be spending large sums of money on computers and software to analyze seismic data, or else the collapse of demand for those products would expose the conspiracy.