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                               Potlatch Protocol
                                        
> In contemporary society, we are accustomed to islands of abundance within
> deserts of scarcity, islands which must be defended against a constant
> pressure. Western ideas about economics are founded on this assumption,
> that there is not enough to go around. Something is considered to be
> valuable in the degree to which it is scarce, therefore an unlimited
> resource has very limited value. But this directly contradicts the basic
> nature of digital products - any sequence of bits can be copied any number
> of times. And so we are witnessing an enormous effort to prevent computers
> and networks from doing what they're particularly good at: copying and
> distributing information. This contradiction can only be resolved by
> abandoning the idea that scarcity is the only measure of value. 
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Potlatch Protocol [1]

Just something to think about …

[1] http://www.potlatch.net/2001/03/02.html

Email author at sean@conman.org

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