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- [Describe panel here]
- "Scarcity"
- "Economics," said the fat man, "is the study of the allocation of scarce resources
- "
- The fat woman nodded.
- However,' he continued. searching through the papers on his desk for particular
- one, "that is only recent definition. In the past, economics has been the study of
- the allocation of very scarce resources.'
- She nodded.
- "Prior to that, was extremely scarce resources. At this point, he located a
- drawing of the descent of man. This drawing was unusual in that each evolu-
- tionary stage, the hominids were arguing with each other over something in the
- middle of them "In fact,' he said, handing the image to her. economics can be traced all the way back to particular March in .332.014 B.C during which a
- group of sapiens in sub-Saharan Africa had to divvy up turnip. At that time. eco-
- nomics was defined as the study of the allocation of this one turnip."
- "How was resolved?"
- 'Of course that lost to history in its particulars, he said "However there is
- reason to believe that was resolved through the application of Newton's Second Law, as embodied in fist."
- 'How primitive, she said.
- "Indeed. These would have been hominids too simple to make use of the laws of
- thermodynamics to resolve turnip disputes, much less the laws of 'relativity.
- She wrote this down He appreciated this, and moved him togo on
- "Now. the point here this the study of economics is the study of moving
- target. It began sthe study of how allocate few very rare things Then
- became the study of how to allocate few moderately rare things With the advent
- of cold fusion 30 years ago, reached what can be considered an inflection point.'
- The post-scarcity society," she ventured.
- "Wrong! he shouted. thrusting finger into the air. "The entire last generation of
- econometricians made the selfsame mistake. No. don't you see? If nothing is
- scarce, what scarce?"
- She hesitated. It was important to her that she not look foolish to the new boss
- "Nothing?"
- "Wrong! If there are no scarce resources, the only scarce resource is scarce
- resources."
- don't follow.
- "If everyone has everything, the only thing scarce is something nobody else has
- She nodded.
- 'We ve already seen it in virtual goods. In an artificial universe, resource scarcity
- can be created for relatively low price. But the fact that it is artificial ruins it If
- the stray click of key can generate infinity of something, it i not scarce in any real sense.
- She nodded again and crossed her legs.
- Don't you see,' he said. "We're sitting on goldmine here!"
- He reached into desk drawer and pulled out wooden box
- "What is it?" she asked.
- He opened Inside was bright red apple, kept slightly chilled and moist by its
- container. Three evenly spaced drops of dew glistened on the yellow dapples near stem.
- "It's an apple,' she said
- Have bite."
- She indicated herself. He nodded. She grimaced, then put down her notepad With
- a slight tremble, she reached out her right hand for the fruit. Its red skin was as
- flawless as the red lipstick she spent twenty minutes applying that morning Her teeth pressed through its exterior into moist white meat It was amazing
- She shivered with delight as she crushed the sweet flesh her molars
- very single apple just like that one.' he said. grinning, "has just turned into
- maggots!"
- She swallowed, eyes wide.
- "We sold hundreds of them!" he said. standing from his chair and turning around
- to
- look out the window. The cityscape was gorgeous mass of glass and French
- curves. "We sold nine hundred -ninety -nine. to be precise. But the buyers didn't
- know! If you were wealthy enough, you be able purchase this one maggot-
- free apple for very high price.
- I'm not sure people want this," she said.
- "Fah! Why. it's already been tried in number of natural experiments we 've
- tracked. For example, diamonds are not terribly rare creation of Nature But their
- access was restricted and they became more popular than ever. Mind vou, we can't
- afford the necessary lawsuits to have number of poor people killed whenever an
- apple eaten. but this the next best thing.
- Isee,' said.
- 'And that's not all! This box. in which the apple sits? It's pure Canadian pine. When your pinky brushed against just moment ago. released pine-eating beetle onto every such pine the world.'
- "That's horrible!" she shouted
- "Madame, this the post scarcity world of scarcity. No doubt those beetles will be transmuted into some useful substance. and those trees will return within weeks
- But, for the moment. you are the only one to have Canadian pine.'
- She recoiled this idea. but nevertheless found herself attracted to the wooden
- box. its mellow brown sinews expertly carved and sanded. She touched for a
- second time. It was hard and just little cold.
- He smiled her.
- "But." she said. still working through the implications "Won't the maggot-eaters mad?"
- WRONG! They be delighted! Mind you, not as delighted as the person eating
- the apple. BUT. these people will each have an experience only had by 998 other individuals."
- Isee,' she said slowly. "But then, you can't mass produce these."
- "By definition, no. But we can produce more varieties We have prototype
- orange that turns into locusts and banana that begs for mercy when you eat it
- He held up white velvet box and opened it. exposing small yellow fruit, which screamed *LET ME GO! HAVE FAMILY! until he closed the container.
- "IfI may,' she said. "If may, seems that that you 're mainly just introducing
- ugly things into people's lives and then offering to take them away."
- And that the new economics, madame.' He smiled. "Take note. Economics is
- Caption: the study of the creation of scarce resources.'
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