The dominant theme of Neil Gaiman's work is the redemptive value of stories, which always struck me as a convenient meme for a seller of stories to spread. Jou

The dominant theme of Neil Gaiman's work is the redemptive value of stories, which always struck me as a convenient meme for a seller of stories to spread. Journalists write of the value of journalism with great gusto; I am similarly unimpressed. Facts and their dissemination are important; There are ways of doing this that do not involve employing a pharisaical class, most indoctrinated in the same few universities, and having theme write ideologically-poisoned clickbait for peanuts. Prediction markets and information bounties would likely be much better sensory organs than the press. This market is ripe for disruption, but disruption won't look like Buzzfeed, or Breitbart, or Vox. It will be some incentive structure that does journalists jobs far better, without journalists.