On: Can we survive technology? (1955) [pdf]

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Within the U.S. - we live in a profit-maximizing capitalist structure. Why would any economic entity give something away for free when a profit can be made?

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Competition pushing price down to a near-zero cost base? like the $1 microcontroller you can buy today.

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The difference between zero and non-zero cost, no matter how low, is extreme.

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or the one cent microcontroller you can buy today.