[p2p-research] the abundance of art

[marc fawzi]

I hear your argument saying that what is scarce is not necessarily unique.

For example, water is scarce in some parts of the world but it is not
unique.

However, anything that is unique or rare is by definition scarce.

It's an unidirectional synonym! i.e. synonym in just one direction: if A is
unique/rare then A is scarce ; if A is scarce then A may or may not be
unique/rare.

Marc


On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:13 AM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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