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Digital goods are exclusively luxury goods, while all the basic necessities that keeps our society running such as food, water, medicine and shelter are physica
by Drakim 4y ago
Digital goods are exclusively luxury goods, while all the basic necessities that keeps our society running such as food, water, medicine and shelter are physical.
From this, it's quite obvious to infer that physical goods are more useful than digital goods, it's not even a contest.
- rysertio 4y ago> Digital goods are exclusively luxury goods It depends on the digital good. In order to make essential necessities to anywhere near scale of our needs requires automation. So these digital goods are an essential precursor to our physical necessities. Maybe they don't need to be produced on the scale of physical goods but every essential industry such as food, water, medicine, and shelter depends on so-called digital goods.
- Drakim 4y agoThat's a fair point. But if we are including second order chains in our evaluation then we pretty much need everything at all times everywhere, to operate society. Magnets are just as important as food for basic survival under this model.
- anonporridge 4y ago"Bread and circuses" Entertainment is just as important to keeping society running as physical essentials.
- Drakim 4y agoI disagree. First of all, there exists physical entertainment. For example, my family loves to play cards after a big family dinner. Second of all, it's just not as important. Lack of entertainment will cause a society to break down over time, while a lack of food will destroy society overnight.
- chii 4y ago> it's quite obvious it's not. You are defining "more useful" using your own personal viewpoint. The truth about what is useful can only be determined by the buyer (paying money).