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What does it mean?
Demanding free access to valuable property relies on irrational assumptions.
In plain terms
Claiming value should be free tricks people and ignores commonsense.
What can you take from it?
Asking for free value relies on flawed reasoning.

Where it applies

  • debates
  • negotiations

Putting it to work

  • pricing strategy
  • policy debate

Questions to consider

  • Is free access ever fair?
  • How do we define value?

Another view

Open-source models prove free sharing can still create value.

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