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As mortal human beings, time is our scarcest resource and this precious resource is the price that a prisoner is willing to invest.

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Well, I guess that could work, but that implies there are only so many resources to go around, and that those who pay the most get the scarcest ones.

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Today, the scarcest resource on the planet is time.

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