A coffee table made of wood can only be used by a couple people at a time, and it can only be in one person's living room at a time. There might be more than a

A coffee table made of wood can only be used by a couple people at a time, and it can only be in one person's living room at a time. There might be more than a couple people who want to use it, and they might all want it in their living room. These are conflicting desires. To resolve this conflict, someone has to have the authority to decide where the coffee table will go and who gets to use it. The most natural choice is usually the person who made it, although in some cases it might be someone else. A coffee table made of code can be used by an infinite number of people in an infinite number of virtual living rooms. Everyone who wants to use it is able to, and everyone can have one in their living room without conflict. Since there is no conflict, there is no need for anyone to decide its resolution.