Comment he has it backwards, barriers hinder progress (Score 1) 708
" if we don't figure out some way to prevent online chaos, the quantity, quality and availability of the kinds of entertainment, literature, art and scholarship we need to have a healthy, vibrant culture will suffer."
Oh Noes! If we can't figure out how to sell the latest Britney Spears album at overly inflated prices, humanity will be robbed of one of its greatest cultural achievements!
Look at history. Major technological innovations that make it easier for people to copy and disseminate information (like say the printing press) have improved the " quantity, quality and availability of the kinds of entertainment, literature, art and scholarship we need." The internet is like the printing press on speed, and the openness of the information exchanges on the internet will enhance our culture, not stifle it.
Oh Noes! If we can't figure out how to sell the latest Britney Spears album at overly inflated prices, humanity will be robbed of one of its greatest cultural achievements!
Look at history. Major technological innovations that make it easier for people to copy and disseminate information (like say the printing press) have improved the " quantity, quality and availability of the kinds of entertainment, literature, art and scholarship we need." The internet is like the printing press on speed, and the openness of the information exchanges on the internet will enhance our culture, not stifle it.
