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*'''Analogue''' — information was buried in substrate and could only audio-to-digital converter was the human brain. Thus meetings and physical presence were a really important method of exchange - hence the importance of centralised locations for for merchants to gather. | *'''Analogue''' — information was buried in substrate and could only audio-to-digital converter was the human brain. Thus meetings and physical presence were a really important method of exchange - hence the importance of centralised locations for for merchants to gather. | ||
*'''Physically constrained''' — there was a physical cost to generating copying, adjusting, moving information, and any action lead to loss of fidelity. | *'''Physically constrained''' — there was a physical cost to generating copying, adjusting, moving information, and any action lead to loss of fidelity. | ||
*Finite — the [[Tragedy of the commons|commons was a tragedy]]. There were infinite demand for finite resources, and generating information burned resources. | *'''Finite''' — the [[Tragedy of the commons|commons was a tragedy]]. There were infinite demand for finite resources, and generating information burned resources. | ||
*'''Disconnected''' - except where we were physically present, we were disconnected from each other and and reliant on expensive analogue communication. Any communication was effectively metered. | *'''Disconnected''' - except where we were physically present, we were disconnected from each other and and reliant on expensive analogue communication. Any communication was effectively metered. | ||
*'''[[Disintermediation|Intermediated]]''' — physical networks were expensive capital projects and therefore centralised and users depended on intermediaries with access to or ownership of the network. Intellectual property was similarly concentrated with intermediaries. | *'''[[Disintermediation|Intermediated]]''' — physical networks were expensive capital projects and therefore centralised and users depended on intermediaries with access to or ownership of the network. Intellectual property was similarly concentrated with intermediaries. | ||