An independent think tank on knowledge, technology, and human agency.https://zurichinstitute.org/https://zurichinstitute.org/writing/when-scarcity-inverts/https://zurichinstitute.org/writing/when-scarcity-inverts/Intellectual property was a machine for manufacturing scarcity. As AI and robotics collapse the cost of production, the scarce thing becomes the human power to choose, and it needs a new kind of protection.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT