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The adoption of digital technologies increases the density of the communication network between humans, machines and institutions. The digital contributes to the emergence of new temporalities and new modes of organization, facilitating direct exchanges between actors and a potentially frugal use of resources. This transformation is contemporary with the end of abundance, with essential natural resources becoming scarce. Is this a coincidence? In natural ecosystems, scarcity of resources promotes sexual reproduction, thus increasing the complexity of the network of interactions, echoing the growing interdependencies of the digital world. Could scarcity of resources support the rise of digital platforms in a positive feedback loop?