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Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by tremon on Saturday September 02, 2023 @08:30AM (#37360913)
Ok, let's try it with an analogy:

"Pooling and sharing of computer source code makes everyone's products better"

Is there enough empirical evidence to support that analogy? Why shouldn't the same apply to wealth in a broader sense?

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Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by boppo1 on Saturday September 02, 2023 @08:39AM (#37360970)
Wealth is reduced by consumption. It cannot be endlessly copied at negligible cost.

A closer (but not perfect) analogy is more like "pooling and sharing the computational time of the university's lone supercomputer makes everyone's projects better".

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