If everything is free what would you own?
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If everything is free what would you own?
by Stratego » Sat May 04, 2013 12:14 am
If everything you want you can get for free, what would you own?
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Re: If everything is free what would you own?
by Winchester » Sat May 04, 2013 5:27 am
A couple of thousand acres of prime hunting/farming land, nice cabin and a lot of guns so I could keep it all to myself.
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Re: If everything is free what would you own?
by Spider » Sat May 04, 2013 9:08 am
If nothing is worth anything...what's the point.
I could have a solid gold toilet...but if gold and porcelain are both worth nothing, why bother?
If everything was free I'd apply infinite resources to solving aging and mortality. Then I'd apply infinite resources to interstellar travel.
I mean...if something is worthless, than clearly its infinite, as there is no scarcity.
I could have a solid gold toilet...but if gold and porcelain are both worth nothing, why bother?
If everything was free I'd apply infinite resources to solving aging and mortality. Then I'd apply infinite resources to interstellar travel.
I mean...if something is worthless, than clearly its infinite, as there is no scarcity.
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Re: If everything is free what would you own?
by The Dharma Bum » Sat May 04, 2013 9:12 am
Free and worthless are not necessarily synonymous.
Air is free and ubiquitous, but it is also extremely valuable, for example.
Air is free and ubiquitous, but it is also extremely valuable, for example.
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Re: If everything is free what would you own?
by The Dharma Bum » Sat May 04, 2013 9:13 am
I would like a nice homestead. I could be happy with that.
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Re: If everything is free what would you own?
by Showboat » Sun May 05, 2013 6:24 am
I would own you, Stratego.
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Re: If everything is free what would you own?
by J.K. Gregg » Sun May 05, 2013 3:21 pm
It what sense would "ownership" even apply in a world of free shit?
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