That's a very interesting perspective, and one you don't hear a lot. For at least a small subset of early Internet and computer pioneers there was a sense that

That's a very interesting perspective, and one you don't hear a lot. For at least a small subset of early Internet and computer pioneers there was a sense that technology would usher in a new post-scarcity or even post-money era. The "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" gives a torrid and breathy example of the kind of thought and rhetoric floating around: https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence In hindsight it seems so naive to me. I don't wonder that we got blindsided.