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antonly | 13 days ago

How is it an equalising force if the commodity is sold at "market value"? This will just lead to more wealth concentration, no?

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simianwords|13 days ago

you are conflating equity and equality. its equalising in the sense that it democratises access to data, knowledge. but that does not mean it will end up with everyone being equal in terms of wealth.

antonly|13 days ago

But it won't even do that. In the pursuit of extracting maximal capital, better models with "better" knowledge will be gated behind higher prices. If you pay more, you get more.