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Salemicus comments on Open thread, Feb. 23 - Mar. 1, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Salemicus 27 February 2015 05:37:06PM *  5 points [-]

Nah what I meant was a general observation that people often consume, but never make themselves.

I don't know what you mean.

I suspect you already know the literal answer. People do make, on a very regular basis - it's called a job. It's more efficient for me to sell my code and buy music than for me to make my own music, for all the standard and obvious reasons given above (comparative advantage, division of labour, depth of market, etc). But you've been told this answer and keep asking, which makes me think you are asking something else.

Can you clarify what kind of answer you're after?