[p2p-research] the abundance of art

[paola.dimaio at gmail.com]

very important questions indeed

but  scarcity and uniqueness and rarity are not synonms nor are semantically
equivalent, imho

same as


value and price are not synonyms

a unique piece of art is of no practical use really
 when hungry or thirsty, its trade value that can generate
a breadcrumb, and I agree, thats where the whole economic mechanism builds
on and distorts the real value of things



>
> So ... why? Why do we seek scarcity (uniqueness, rarity) ? It's instilled
> in us.
>
> It's not intrinsic to the money. We made the money. And it's not intrinsic
> to nature either as natural evolution is taking us to a stateof existence
> where everything (physical and digital) can be copied (identically) and
> distributed freely.
>
> So ... why?
>
> Why do _WE_ enforce (or seek to have) scarcity?
>
> That is my question.
>
>
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