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Thought this was pretty interesting and entertaining. Made me dream for a while about what living in a society with a mature library economy would be like. Figured I'd share and try to get a discussion going. Enjoy!

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[–] EthicalAI@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We need to actually do it! Anyone could start one. Someone in the no-buy community, or an actual librarian, would be the best choice.

[–] PostmodernPythia@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a librarian who has done some of the exploratory research into starting a local asset-sharing collective, LendEngine is useful, intuitive, and pretty cheap. I have not found anything FOSS that does the equivalent, but any programmers that want to help the movement, have at it.

[–] EthicalAI@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a great project to work on, I’ll look into it.