Grey Markets¶
In our world, grey markets not only include thing like re-selling used equipment like Cisco routers and such, but also the legal and/or quasi-legal stuff that are the unanticipated consequences of technological advancement; 3D printing war game models, modding games, weaponized consumer drones, syntetic compounds like “bath salts”, etc.
the street finds its own uses for things
William Gibson
“the street finds its own uses for things”—has become a widely quoted aphorism for describing the sometimes unexpected uses to which users can put technologies (for example, hip-hop DJs’ reinvention of the turntable, which transformed turntables from a medium of playback into one of production). Burning Chrome
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