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Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by musingsole on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:16AM (#25847374)
> can't buy a hotdog with all that "wealth".

Perhaps not but you can do almost anything imaginable with information using that "wealth". Using our collective wealth, you could run all sorts of analysis on if or when you should eat that hotdog. Just because the wealth doesn't deliver you to a utopia doesn't mean it is worthless.

Re:Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commerc... by bluefox on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:30AM (#25847537)
A hotdog is not utopia, it's a basic means of survival (food). When you can't get the basics, you may have trouble figuring out how to exploit that kind of "wealth".

The issue is that the pyramid is upside down. Everyone should receive a basic universal income that allows the freedom to give away value to society without starving.