The overall point is that utopian ideals in computer science simply haven't worked out. Spoiler: all utopias fail. Underlying that is something more interestin

The overall point is that utopian ideals in computer science simply haven't worked out. Spoiler: all utopias fail. Underlying that is something more interesting. Technologists keep trying to create a cooperative environment where data is freely shared—Unix, OOP, Semantic Web. However, it never sticks. The reason is that the economic imperative drives competition, not cooperation. Ultimately this is a byproduct of capitalism, not computer science. Software works as well as our society does, which, you know... it's complicated.