There's always a cost involved. The printing press reduced the cost by orders of magnitude, just as the internet did -- but it's not free, even if it might seem

There's always a cost involved. The printing press reduced the cost by orders of magnitude, just as the internet did -- but it's not free, even if it might seem virtually free compared to how much things cost before. The idea that New Technology is harming us isn't new and it's mostly wrong. It's cheaper for the bigot to share his ideas and it's cheaper for others to share counter-ideas, whether it's via the printing press, the telegraph, the telephone, radio, television, the tape recorder, e-mail, USENET, the world-wide web, social media, etc. There's _less_ cost and risk with each advancement, but that doesn't mean _no_ cost and risk. Consider e-mail spam, which is really really cheap to send but it still isn't free. Notably, spamming larger volumes adds some economy of scale but also introduces new costs and risks because the larger volume makes it easier for folks to identify and block the spammer.