Relevant to excerpt from Jaron Lanier interview from other day: surprised I don’t think I’d read this before.

Of course, the solution, I think, is that everything should be free. I don’t say this facetiously, but believe that, in a world where digital exchange makes all intellectual property immediately available to all at little or no cost, the whole of society is best served by providing its thinkers with a minimum guarantee of food, shelter and healthcare. But again, I think those are basic human rights, not just for the intelligenzia.