In fact, this is a dead serious issue, because right now the expansion of the “the digital age” is converting everything that it can from rivalrous to anti-rivalrous. First newspapers then music then movies then books. Soon, powered by 3D printing and various forms of automation, everything from pharmaceuticals to cars will be made anti-rivalrous. Even the people who drive the cars are being replaced by anti-rivalrous software.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the necessity of reclaiming the world of ideas
Jordan Greenhall
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This idea, at its heart, is what is driving the developments that are unsettling so much of the status quo … fueling the rise of the political discontent manifested by Brexit and Trump.