From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Fri Mar 29 2002 - 08:00:46 MST
"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
>
> Hal Finney wrote:
> >
> > Some people deny this and point to alternative ways for these products
> > to be funded, but none are convincing to me. Most people prefer to
> > just bury their heads in the sand and not face up to these uncomfortable
> > facts. They are like Alex in the Doonesbury cartoons running this week.
> > They think there is an inexhaustable fountain of information goods and
> > that they can drink from it forever for free. I hope that around here
> > we can expect a little more rigor in our discussions of this problem.
> > Foaming about the evil corporations is a distraction from the real issues.
>
> Actually, it seems to me that Alex in Doonesbury has articulated one
> possible solution; her generation won't pay for content, but the old fogeys
> will continue to do so out of force of habit, thus supporting the content
> producers. Now all we need is enough life-extension technology to make this
> an indefinitely sustainable solution.
I predict that Mike (Alex's dad) will teach her a lesson by setting up a
website that pirates her webcam video feed, then getting it registered
higher in the search engine indexes than her site, thus siphoning all of
her ad income.... 12 year old temper tantrum to follow... resulting
either in Alex moving in with mom and the jerk, or a major cognitive
maturation.
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