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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:52:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:27:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> And, of course, the planet _is_ finite...

The concept of a “resource” is not finite, though: it’s whatever you can 
persuade someone to pay you for. The whole idea of “added value” is about 
creating additional resources, that didn’t exist before, out of existing 
ones.