Mr. Phillip Linden, CEO
Linden Labs
577 Second Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94107
February 10, 2005
Dear Mr. Linden:
SecondLife exists in a virtual world of limited resources. Among other concerns, limited server power, limited bandwidith, and limited server storage pervade our virtual planet. As in the "real" world, an efficient resource allocation is needed to distribute these resources in an effective manner. In real estate economics, this distribution mechanism is often referred to as "highest and best use".
In this vein, it is essential that Linden Labs adopt an articulated and practiced economic dogma. A transparent economic system in which all users, consumers, and virtual content merchants can reference.
To date, Linden Lab's economic policy remains a hodgepodge of uncoordinated actions. A series of "judgements" that overturned precedents, and precedents that provide no forecasting visibility. Such an economic system is rife with uncertainty. Such uncertainty breeds a dis-incentive to act.
I encourage you to adopt the most efficient resource allocation known to man: The Free Market. No Linden Lab intervention. Let the invisible hand of the market guide our metaverse. If trade associations are needed, the free market will bear them. If land barony is excessive, new entities will enter the lucrative market, curbing its excesses.
The free market is also the easiest course for LL to adopt: it requires no administration on LL's part.
In short, let the free market guide SecondLife to success.
Most Sincerely,
Chicago Kent
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Chicago Kent
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Lordfly Digeridoo
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02-10-2005 11:44
Please give me 3 concrete examples of truly free markets that have worked for any sustainable period of time.
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02-10-2005 11:49
Please give me 3 concrete examples of truly free markets that have worked for any sustainable period of time. LF And make it at least 1500 words, please. _____________________
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02-10-2005 11:50
be,am,is,are,was,where,when,may,might,must,can,could,shall,be,should.
I,we,the,a. Those dont count as words so get to crackin. |
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 11:53
Please give me 3 concrete examples of truly free markets that have worked for any sustainable period of time. LF IBM Walgreens Home Ownership Thousands more if you need. |
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Lordfly Digeridoo
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02-10-2005 12:00
IBM Walgreens Home Ownership Thousands more if you need. all are federally/internationally regulated heavily. Wasn't IBM even sued for anti-trust violations at one point? Federal meddling != free market. Try again _____________________
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 12:08
My point exactly.
Just imagine how successful they'd be w/o regulation. |
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02-10-2005 12:09
My point exactly. Just imagine how successful they'd be w/o regulation. *raises her left eyebrow, then her right one, then her left one, then her right one, then her left one, then her right one, then her left one ... * Newp. Impossible to say. _____________________
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Chip Midnight
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02-10-2005 12:09
For us non-economist dimwits would you mind explaining in what way exactly SL is not a free market and how it is harming us as a community? Thanks.
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 12:12
Chip,
First of all, I doubt you're a nimwit. We're all gifted in our own ways. Secondly, if you'll read my above letter, it will be obvious what my gripes are and how they have affected the SL community. |
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02-10-2005 12:14
IBM Walgreens Home Ownership Thousands more if you need. 0.o I'm not familiar with these nations. _____________________
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 12:15
0.o I'm not familiar with these nations. Vudu, Thats because they are not nations. IBM is a technology services company Walgreens is a pharmacy/front end retailer Home ownership is when an individual owns their own house Hope this helps!! |
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02-10-2005 12:16
Vudu, Thats because they are not nations. IBM is a technology services company Walgreens is a pharmacy/front end retailer Home ownership is when an individual owns their own house Hope this helps!! I'm sure Vudu knows this. It's just that you're comparing bicycles with housecats, get it? _____________________
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 12:17
I'm sure Vudu knows this. It's just that you're comparing bicycles with housecats, get it? I never once mentioned bicycles or housecats. I'm not sure why people would think I'm comparing the two. ??? |
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02-10-2005 12:18
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 12:20
Please do not get me wrong. I am not comparing bicycles to housecats.
I'm advocating a free market in which the invisible hand of the market sets the end resource allocation. I like both bicycles and housecats and would never think of comparing the two. |
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02-10-2005 12:21
Markets, not companies or industries. Diversity, inclusiveness, universality, systems. Like SL is supposed to be.
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02-10-2005 12:23
IBM Walgreens Home Ownership Thousands more if you need. These aren't free markets....try again |
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 12:23
Well, the free market has been pretty successful in the US for educational choice - what you want to be when you "grow up" and job selection - what job you end up taking.
I decided what education to get. I decided what job to take. |
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02-10-2005 12:24
Sorry I cant reply to all of this but Sarcasm has left the building.
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02-10-2005 12:24
Chiacgo, your letter is vague, give us some examples of the Lindens screwing up what is a largely very free market in SL.
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02-10-2005 12:25
I never once mentioned bicycles or housecats. I'm not sure why people would think I'm comparing the two. ??? A single bussiness does not compare to the economy of an entire society. Also, none of those bussinesses operate independantly from the economics of the society they reside in. _____________________
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Chicago Kent
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02-10-2005 12:25
Sorry I cant reply to all of this but Sarcasm has left the building. Shadow Shadow, I'm not sure what you mean by "left the building". There isn't anybody really in any building in these forums. Its just a bunch of people posting from an internet portal. I think your friend Sarcasm is pulling your leg if he told you he left the forum building, because there isn't any forum building. Thats the cool thing about the internet, the virtual aspect to it. |
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02-10-2005 12:27
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02-10-2005 12:28
My point exactly. Just imagine how successful they'd be w/o regulation. February 3, 2005 IBM Acquires Equitant January 25, 2005 IBM Acquires Corio January 14, 2005 IBM Acquires SRD October 1, 2004 IBM acquires Venetica July 29, 2004 IBM acquires Cyanea March 09, 2004 IBM Acquires Trigo 2001 IBM Acquires Candle Looks like the limits on our free market are killing IBM.  As for Walgreens; I see a new storefront popping up about once a month or more here in the metro area I live in, so they must not be hurt by government regulation too much either. "In the last two years alone, it (Walgreens) has built more than 700 new stores--not relocations or remodels, but 700 net new stores." _____________________
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