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minus-squareIrateAnteaterlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoHow does a library handle consumables?
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoit would look more like a food bank than a library tbh, but the concept remains the same. This video is a much better primer on the topic in general
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoWhat are consumables in a library economy?
minus-squaredrphungky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoWho makes the consumables in a library economy? Why on earth would I farm for love of the game?
minus-squarebane_killgrind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoYou don’t want the librarian to starve, or the blacksmith.
minus-squaredrphungky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoSomeone else will do it then, surely? I can just play video games and check things out permanently from the library and get free food from the farmer?
minus-squarebane_killgrind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoMaybe if you want to piss off the farmer… You are forgetting that there is a component of anonymity that fiat currency provides transactions. You lose that in a social economy. Money is “asocial”.
minus-squaredrphungky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoWell the farmer has to share though, right? So what do I care if he’s mad at me?
minus-squarebane_killgrind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoHe doesn’t have to.
minus-squaredrphungky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoSo the farmer can arbitrarily decide who gets food?
How does a library handle consumables?
it would look more like a food bank than a library tbh, but the concept remains the same. This video is a much better primer on the topic in general
What are consumables in a library economy?
Who makes the consumables in a library economy? Why on earth would I farm for love of the game?
You don’t want the librarian to starve, or the blacksmith.
Someone else will do it then, surely? I can just play video games and check things out permanently from the library and get free food from the farmer?
Maybe if you want to piss off the farmer…
You are forgetting that there is a component of anonymity that fiat currency provides transactions. You lose that in a social economy.
Money is “asocial”.
Well the farmer has to share though, right? So what do I care if he’s mad at me?
He doesn’t have to.
So the farmer can arbitrarily decide who gets food?