One is a billionaire who is selling all of his books, the other one is a quite-broke human who has the courage and decency to provide her book online for free. Trade-Free. No ads, no data collection, no subscribe-here-to-read bullshit.
That's the world in which we live. The ones who make a fortune are trained and incentivized to not even share their "must read" books for free, despite having so much wealth.
Oh look, Bill Gates released a book about "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster"! It must be important.... so it is worth 18$ to read.
Grab @Sasha 's book from here bigworldsmallsasha.com/book/ - she also talks a lot about Climate Change, solutions, and a new kind of worldview.
#gates #climatechange #capitalism #TradeRuinsEverything #climate #billionaires
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in reply to TROM • • •and i'm sure Gates doesn't mention the obvious solution: Submergibles!
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in reply to Jordan (Damn Good Tech) 4hire • • •Indeed....Gates really needs to feed his family from the sales of that book....
As for those who depend on book sales, at least they should be honest and admit that it is unfortunate they have to sell their books in a world where digital copies come at almost 0 cost in terms of resources. At least Sasha is also putting it for free online.
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Relevant info from her website:
> For every physical book that I sell for $18, Iβll get a cut of about $3 to $4 (sometimes less), so if you donβt care to have a physical copy but you would still like to support me, even a $3 donation is very much appreciated.
You can go to bigworldsmallsasha.com/book to get the book. Clicking on the book's image will open up the free online version, but you can also pay for the physical copy if you want.
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in reply to Tio • • •I'd like to see her make a living wage.
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in reply to Professor_Stevens • • •She won't like most authors, musicians, and artists won't. It is a messed-up society and that's where we should look if we are to blame anything. It should not be that we are all like rats in a cage competing for survival, in a society where we have mountains of waste and an abundance of stuff.
We should provide for all with at least the basic needs, this way when one writes a book they can simply share it online at very little cost in terms of resources/energy and not worry about surviving in this trade society,
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Fine thoughts.
What do you live on?
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