the.com/scarcity
the universe's pricing algorithm, charging extra for everything you can't have twice.
means The state of there not being enough of something to meet demand or need.
from From Old French escarcete, from escars meaning 'stingy, scanty, sparing,' which traces back to Vulgar Latin excarpsus, a participle of excarpere, 'to pluck out, select' — literally what's left after the picking-over. The notion of 'plucked thin' hardened over centuries into the modern sense of simply not enough to go around.
engineered fearDe Beers invented diamond rarity through deliberate supply hoarding.
brain hijackScarcity narrows focus, measurably dropping IQ in the poor.
fake clocksCountdown timers online often reset for every visitor.
economics coreWithout it, nothing would have a price at all.
abundance paradoxWater is plentiful yet diamonds cost more.