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Re:Childhood's End: The digital revolution has turned into s... by diydsp on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:28AM (#18830738)
ah, almost like when we have robots building so many products, but the robots are limited in what they can fashion, so we end up mostly using products which are reflections of machine-capabilities?
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Re:Childhood's End: The digital revolution has turned into s... by lotsofpulp on Saturday January 05, 2019 @07:02AM (#18831236)
The buyers in the market choose to purchase products which reflect machine capabilities. No one is being stopped from using products that machine capable, but people seem to prioritize other qualities such as less expensive.
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Re:Childhood's End: The digital revolution has turned into s... by coldtea on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:11AM (#18831706)
>The buyers in the market choose to purchase products which reflect machine capabilities.

The buyers are limited by: (a) what's cheap so they can afford, (b) what's available, (c) what's advertised -- among other things.

There's no "perfect market" where people perfectly "vote with their wallets".

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