Why not?

> Some of the services end up being very expensive, like ebook lending

We need something like a first-sale doctrine for electronic media. Blockchains would be ideal for tracking ownership.

I'm now worried I've secretly been Satoshi the whole time.

Lmao. I really expected better from the guy who unmasked Theranos.

You can maybe find some meats cheaper elsewhere if you're shopping sales or buying a whole cow from a farmer. But chicken, turkey, or seafood? No way. And also consistently all high quality.

But no real book nerd has read everything. Current law was designed for the capabilities of humans.

> We have copyright and intellecual property law already, of course, but those were designed presuming a human might try to profit from the intellectual labor of others.

You getting a summary of a copyrighted work from a friend is necessarily limited by the number of friends you have, the amount of time they have to read stuff and talk to you, and so on. Machines (and AIs) don't have any limitations.

There are degrees of liquidity and "cash-like"-ness. Converting stock in a publicly traded corporation into cash is trivial. Companies with RSU plans have an auto-sale option so you never have to deal with the stock yourself if you don't want to. You just get cash in your bank account. Paid vacation is literally cash (they pay you money but you don't have to work), or is paid out as cash if left unused.

That's not the same Disney tickets or membership in a gym. If you don't need those things then turning them into ready cash takes a bit of work.

I do the bulk of my shopping IRL.