Jack Recider

But the thieves didn't just steal this picture. They took a bunch of others too. And this was the biggest single heist of all time. They estimated that the art that was stolen is worth $500 million. And it still remains unsolved. I'm looking at this picture on my wall right now. There's a $10 million reward for it. Yet mine, I just got from my printer for like five cents.

It's always been weird to me how art has just so much value. I just don't see how this picture, which is not that much bigger than a regular sheet of paper, is worth more than a mansion. But that's no longer the biggest heist ever. Because in 2022, a digital heist happened, which set a new record high. These are true stories from the dark side of the internet. I'm Jack Recider.

It's always been weird to me how art has just so much value. I just don't see how this picture, which is not that much bigger than a regular sheet of paper, is worth more than a mansion. But that's no longer the biggest heist ever. Because in 2022, a digital heist happened, which set a new record high. These are true stories from the dark side of the internet. I'm Jack Recider.

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It takes a lot of work to make the first one, but then infinite copies can be made at zero cost after that. So I don't know. What happens when supply goes to infinity, right? It seems like price would go down to nothing. But it's not the case. Audiobooks are still $10, $20 each, despite there being an infinite amount of them, which costs nothing to make more of. That's kind of wild.

It takes a lot of work to make the first one, but then infinite copies can be made at zero cost after that. So I don't know. What happens when supply goes to infinity, right? It seems like price would go down to nothing. But it's not the case. Audiobooks are still $10, $20 each, despite there being an infinite amount of them, which costs nothing to make more of. That's kind of wild.

And you'd think that piracy would have destroyed the market for digital assets, too. With unlimited supply, demand should have gone way down. But no. The demand for digital goods is at an all-time high. Top-tier musicians are making more money now than they ever did before.