This is a really long post, although worth the read. If you're not up for it, though, here's the money quote:

"The new monopoly of the future is permission. Permission to talk to your customers directly about new stuff. Permission to teach, permission to ask, permission to learn. If you have that monopoly, you profit over and over and over again."

-- KM


Seven years ago, I wrote an article about media, copyright, monopolies and the future. You can find the unedited version right here. I'm fascinated by the stuff I got right, and amused that while the concepts are there, ...

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