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We've been post scarcity for "IP" for decades. The cost of making 1 copy of Barbie the Movie is the same as 1 billion copies.



Well, copying and pasting has been made easy. But making it is still hard - lots of resources to allocate there.


Making the first requires resources. Making a billion copies doesn't.

Same in a world with a star trek replicator. Making the first steak dinner requires resources, making the next billion doesn't


As I say, copying and pasting has been made easy.




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