HawlSera comments on consider the implications for a post scarcity future

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Scarcity is artifically created in the modern age

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

My local library can only lend out x copies of each ebook at a time, so sometimes I'm in a queue for the last lenders loan time to run out

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[–] qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Surely just pirate it so you can read it on your timetable, and take the book from the library when it's your turn to give that author the lending stats?

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[–] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

cough Anna's cough archive cough

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[–] speedingcheese@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

If you need it in a jiffy, but libraries and authors could both use support.

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