14.46: Unusual Resources
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Margaret, and Howard
Among science fiction and fantasy plot devices, the “uncommon resource” trope is common enough to almost seem cliché. Fortunately (?), the economic principle of scarcity is ubiquitous enough in real life that most of us don’t even blink when presented with the idea in fiction.
So how do we keep it fresh? How do we roll scarcities into the economies we create, and the worlds we build?
Credits: This episode was recorded by Dan Thompson, and mastered by Alex Jackson.
Homework: Take something common and make it super-valuable.
Thing of the week: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
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