Re:It's probably time to rethink "Building in public"
by jeffhwang on Sunday September 22, 2024 @04:16PM
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This is the short-sightedness of market fundamentalism. To take this to a ridiculous extreme, if I decide that taking care of my children is no longer ROI-positive, should I just decide this market has shrunk and the prudent thing to do is invest in new markets?
Re:It's probably time to rethink "Building in public"
by chongli on Sunday September 22, 2024 @04:23PM
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It's the diamonds vs water paradox of value. Diamonds are highly valued yet practically useless to most people. Water is extremely low-valued, yet essential to all life on earth.
High-quality, investigative journalism is an essential institution for a functioning democracy, yet it's not valued by the people it is most important to: average citizens.
Re:It's probably time to rethink "Building in public"
by hackable_sand on Sunday September 22, 2024 @05:40PM
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Water is extremely high-valued.
Re:It's probably time to rethink "Building in public"
by hollerith on Sunday September 22, 2024 @05:47PM
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You're in luck! I have water to sell you. Get out that checkbook!
Re:It's probably time to rethink "Building in public"
by yMEyUyNE1 on Monday September 23, 2024 @03:10AM
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How about a bullet? :)
https://theworld.org/stories/2024/08/27/a-rise-in-water-rela...
Re:It's probably time to rethink "Building in public"
by hackable_sand on Monday September 23, 2024 @01:13PM
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Water is given or taken. It does not transact.
This does not mean that journalism isn't valuable enough to some people. It just means that the market for journalism shrank.