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the polite word for things that run out faster than meetings about them.
means anything limited that people, systems, or economies convert into value: time, money, energy, attention, water, whatever you wish there were more of.
from from old french resourdre, to rise again, from latin resurgere. a resource was originally something that could resurrect a situation, help you recover from a loss. the meaning drifted from rescue to raw material somewhere around the 17th century.
economics wordscarcity only exists because resources dont
human resourcesturned people into the thing being managed
natural resource curseoil rich nations often grow poorer, not richer
for instance
fresh water — 2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water, 2022
rare earth metals — china controls 60% of global mining output
attention economy — platforms treat human focus as the extractable resource