Imagine a world where food is cheap and freely available, thanks to the amazing Teleporting Duplicator. What could go wrong?

Lovely but sad parable about open access. Or, as someone in the comments puts it: “Send me a bacon sandwich.”

Update: And here is Cameron Neylon’s response. 

Imagine a world very similar to our own. People buy cars, they fill them with fuel, they pay road tax and these things largely work as well as they do in our own world. There is just one difference, when a car needs its annual service and is taken to a garage – just as we do – for its mechanical checkup and maintenance. In return for the service, the car is then gifted to the mechanic, who in turn provides it back to the owner for a rental fee.