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The Specter of the Perfect Investment

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Lanier, J. (2014). The Specter of the Perfect Investment. In Lanier, J. Who Owns the Future?. Simon Schuster, pp. 59-68

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"Disruption" by the use of digital network technology undermines the very idea of markets and capitalism. Instead of economics being about a bunch of players with unique positions in a market, we devolve toward a small number of spying operations in omniscient positions, which means that eventually markets of all kinds will shrink.

YES AND WHY CAN'T YOU JUST ACCEPT THAT AND TAKE THAT PREMISE TO ITS FULL CONCLUSION WHY

WHY

—p.67 by Jaron Lanier 8 years, 11 months ago

"Disruption" by the use of digital network technology undermines the very idea of markets and capitalism. Instead of economics being about a bunch of players with unique positions in a market, we devolve toward a small number of spying operations in omniscient positions, which means that eventually markets of all kinds will shrink.

YES AND WHY CAN'T YOU JUST ACCEPT THAT AND TAKE THAT PREMISE TO ITS FULL CONCLUSION WHY

WHY

—p.67 by Jaron Lanier 8 years, 11 months ago