[p2p-research] the abundance of art

[paola.dimaio at gmail.com]

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


yes, but we dont necessarily need it either

I can live very well with a few things only, and grateful for public
libraries and galleries

(but a lot of what they call music art and literature  is really depressing
stuff, i dont know why)


> Marc
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> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:13 AM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> very important questions indeed
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>> but  scarcity and uniqueness and rarity are not synonms nor are
>> semantically equivalent, imho
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>> same as
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>> value and price are not synonyms
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>> 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
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>>> So ... why? Why do we seek scarcity (uniqueness, rarity) ? It's instilled
>>> in us.
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>>> 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?
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>>> Why do _WE_ enforce (or seek to have) scarcity?
>>>
>>> That is my question.
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