Comments on: links for 2009-11-12 http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/11/12/links-for-2009-11-12/ futurist + strategist + innovator ....making "sense" actionable Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jon H. http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/11/12/links-for-2009-11-12/comment-page-1/#comment-6468 Jon H. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:27:38 +0000 http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/11/12/links-for-2009-11-12/#comment-6468 <i>"that’s because a large part of the “output” is now infinitely reproduceable at no cost. For those who stop thinking of these as “goods that are being copied against our will” and start realizing that they’re “inputs into a wider market where we don’t have to pay for any of the distribution or promotion!” there are much greater opportunities. It’s just that they don’t come from artificial scarcity any more. They come from abundance.”</i> This seems so right, in my opinion. But of course it's at odds with those high up on the food chain, who would like (and will try with all the fibers of their being) to keep it from encroaching on what they have and see as theirs to control. “that’s because a large part of the “output” is now infinitely reproduceable at no cost. For those who stop thinking of these as “goods that are being copied against our will” and start realizing that they’re “inputs into a wider market where we don’t have to pay for any of the distribution or promotion!” there are much greater opportunities. It’s just that they don’t come from artificial scarcity any more. They come from abundance.”

This seems so right, in my opinion. But of course it’s at odds with those high up on the food chain, who would like (and will try with all the fibers of their being) to keep it from encroaching on what they have and see as theirs to control.

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