NASA headed towards giant golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire

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[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Because I don't want something from you that I already posses. What do you want to happen that could possibly change that?

Truffles cost more because they're extremely difficult to grow, they taste great and there's a limited supply. If they grew everywhere and were as easy to produce as finished pasta then I'm sorry they'd cost cents on the pound because everyone would have them and everyone would be offering them at lower prices. That's a good thing it isn't 'rewarding scarcity'.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Because I don't want something from you that I already posses.

A lot of what you "want" is influenced by advertising.

Anyway, if they could make air scarce business would do it.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A lot of what you "want" is influenced by advertising.

Naturally.

Anyway, if they could make air scarce business would do it.

They can't though can they because it's everywhere and everyone has unlimited access to it right now.

You're just flailing now. Stop.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I said if they could.

And it's already happening with water: https://futurehuman.medium.com/water-is-being-traded-on-the-stock-market-for-the-first-time-55c02bb616ed

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

https://www.businessinsider.com/theres-a-company-selling-jars-of-english-air-for-80-each-2016-2

Fresh air is scarce in some places.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, and business loves it. This is the future neoliberals want.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's a boutique product marketed to fucking retards. It's one deep breaths worth and has nothing to do with scarcity. No one is thinking 'I can't breathe therefore I should buy a jar full of Cornwall air for 80 quid.' It also started according to the owner as an actual joke product.

Nothing to do with air being scarce.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If fresh air wasn't scarce in some places, no one would even look twice at a jar of it for sale.