The first part that then seques into the subscription based economy part is pretty shallow and fails to provide much of an argument for the emergence of subscri

The first part that then seques into the subscription based economy part is pretty shallow and fails to provide much of an argument for the emergence of subscription based services. Imo, it's not very accurate either. European immigrants didn't conquer the US from native americans primarily because of a higher birthrate, it had more to do with firepower. Japan accepts very few immigrants simply because they don't want to, not because of language barriers or lack of a colonial past. And so on.