Beginning of Essay
Today, no matter what you do, you need to do it. Right? Right! Shop. Travel. Make a phone call. You even need to spend in order to make . is real. People seem to be under the assumption that information wants to be free and that by enabling people to learn and ....

Middle of Essay
.... No, dollars are utterly and entirely real, far more real than anything as vague as the public interest. If you're not a commodity, you don't exist! Of course there are many elements of our lives that exist outside the economy. There's a lot going on in our lives that's not-for-profit and that can't be denominated in dollars. "The best things in life are free," the old saying goes. Nice old saying. Gets a little older-sounding every day. Sounds about as old and mossy as the wedding vow "for richer for poorer," which in a modern environment is pretty likely to be for-richer-or poorer following our prenuptial agreement. Commercialization, a favorite bu ....