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One is a billionaire who is selling all of his books, the other one is a quite-broke human who has the courage and decency to provide her book online for free. Trade-Free. No ads, no data collection, no subscribe-here-to-read bullshit.

That's the world in which we live. The ones who make a fortune are trained and incentivized to not even share their "must read" books for free, despite having so much wealth.

Oh look, Bill Gates released a book about "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster"! It must be important.... so it is worth 18$ to read.

Grab Sasha's book from here bigworldsmallsasha.com/book/ - she also talks a lot about Climate Change, solutions, and a new kind of worldview.

@trom

Her call, but I don't feel at ease equating poverty with nobility. Why doesn't she offer her book for a modest price?

@trom @Professor_Stevens Like @roko said, this is the lowest she can put it for.

@trom @roko @Professor_Stevens She won't like most authors, musicians, and artists won't. It is a messed-up society and that's where we should look if we are to blame anything. It should not be that we are all like rats in a cage competing for survival, in a society where we have mountains of waste and an abundance of stuff.

We should provide for all with at least the basic needs, this way when one writes a book they can simply share it online at very little cost in terms of resources/energy and not worry about surviving in this trade society,

@tio @trom @roko @Professor_Stevens The thing is that even if I created a barrier and prevented those who couldn't buy a book from reading it, I'm sure that I still would barely make any money. Unfortunately that's the case for most writers, they may work on a book for years and years, but the only ones who will profit from it are publishing companies and distributors. Writers only get a small percentage 😔 At least now I can feel good about sharing my book. I believe that if you think something is important, you should want to share it, not only sell it.
@bigworldsmallsasha @trom @roko @Professor_Stevens Donations. Unfortunately this is the only way to survive while creating free stuff. Or have side-jobs to support your free projects.
@tio @trom @roko @Professor_Stevens Not much. I explain it all in my book. You can read it for free 😂😉 www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book