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The problem with digital distribution is that it fucks with our already imperfect understanding of how an economy functions. Our explanations of how price work
by nazgulnarsil 18y ago
The problem with digital distribution is that it fucks with our already imperfect understanding of how an economy functions. Our explanations of how price works generally relies upon supply and demand as well as the cost of production.
How do you analyze these variables when supply is infinite and the cost of production is zero?
This scares a lot of people. The more your business model relies on the status quo the more it scares you.
- lvecsey 18y agoI think it's wrong to assume that the economy, with the cash transaction at the heart of it, is somehow an immortal or god given / evolutionary design. Imagine if it was replaced with a smart-card where your transaction had a programmable, algorithmic component to it. Now all of a sudden the system can become a lot more creative, and even carry a 'vote' like characteristic that will survive multiple successive transfers.