The Lexicon · claim #152 of 233

Solving hard problems for free; because I can, and that's the whole point

The DARPA-hard mission answered in one breath. Why do the hardest work and charge nothing? Because I can; and the can is doubled. It's capability (he's able to; the deployed proof says so) and it's freedom (retired, unbought, no one holding a string, so he is free to). And the free part is not a hole in the business plan; it is the argument. A gift is the one proof that a thing was never for sale; you cannot buy what a man gives away. The machine solves hard problems because it is told to; a corporation solves them for a fee; only a human solves them because he can and because it's right, and hands you the answer with no cover charge. That's the whole point; the free-ness is the thesis, standing up and waving; money buys the gray, the gift is the gold. Kin: no-cover-charge, it's-free-and-that's-why-you-should-hire-me, the Gray Star, so-hirable-he's-not. (His coin; machine's read, refine to his.)

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