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[Will lab-grown diamonds become cheap enough to undermine the entire industry? Owing to the similarities between synthetic and natural diamonds, at some point, the stones may no longer work as a way to signal both love and wealth.

If, as seems likely, lab-grown diamonds lose their signalling value, a much steeper fall in prices is in store.]

Good! Diamonds, like platinum, are useful for science and industry, and their value as trinkets has made them scarce. By all means, make them valueless to status-seekers, please. Now, about platinum ...

Link: afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-a

#Diamonds #Platinum #Science #Industry

As an aside ... Markdown would be a good universal addition to Mastodon.

Australian Financial Review · Diamonds are not forever (as lab-grown rocks tank prices)By The Economist

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#FreeFire #Gaming #Diamonds #GameOn #TwinTechEst #ألعاب #شحن_ألعابك

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Here's some good news:

The looming death of a cruel #monopoly with a deep #history of #colonial #exploitation, #humanrights abuses, fueling #terrorism and #warlords

You see, when you can grow it in a lab, nobody cares anymore about your dirty price fixing games, #DeBeers

Welcome to oblivion

History books will not write "ooh! sparkly!"

They will write about the toll of human suffering you inflicted

"#Diamonds lose their sparkle as prices come crashing down"

theguardian.com/business/2025/

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My further cogitations about the United Health Group CEO calling the health care system "flawed."

Imagine you have a diamond in your hand. The diamond does not catch the light in exactly the right way. So you call it "flawed." Fair enough...

No, imagine you hold a fucking turd in your hand. (Go ahead, just imagine it.) Now, this turd is definitely not a "flawed diamond", right? It is a fucking turd. No amount of polishing is going to turn your fucking turd into a flawless diamond.

Even as a fucking turd, however. Would you call this turd flawed??? Is there some sort of turdity standard that turds have to follow?

No, this turd is a turd. End of story.

The healthcare system in the US is this turd! It stinks. It makes me gag. Calling it "flawed" is complete nonsense.