Sunday, July 31, 2011

Shirky's Shock of Inclusion

Nice quote by Clay Shirky : "Scarcity means valuable things become more valuable, a conceptually easy change to integrate. Surplus, on the other hand, means previously valuable things stop being valuable, which freaks people out."

I believe there is more to it than this though. For example, inflation reduces the value of money, and yet it does not freak people out - until it becomes exponential of course.

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