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Card #c58IR // #c58Synthesis

The marginal cost of an additional digital copy is (almost) zero, each digital copy is a perfect replica of the original, and each digital copy can be transmitted across the planet virtually instantly.

— In our words · Source: Machine, Platform, Crowd (Andrew McAfee & Erik Brynjolfsson)

[Use when]

When you're asking whether your industry is next to be digitized.

[Why it matters]

The three economic properties that let bits eat every industry they touch — the physics underneath the whole platform section.

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