Which is even better, and not at all a problem. I don't have to consult with Walt Whitman to write a poem in his style, and nor should I. I don't have to get

Which is even better, and not at all a problem. I don't have to consult with Walt Whitman to write a poem in his style, and nor should I. I don't have to get consent from Slash to shred on my guitar in his style, and nor should I. All of human endeavour has been the result of one ape looking at what another ape is doing, saying, "Me like! Me do too!" and then a third ape looking at them both and saying, "Me also like! Me do too, but do little different!" We're entering the next era of our evolution, people... and its going to be guided and shaped and molded by our technology, just like every other major era of our evolution... from fire, to metallurgy, to the printing press, to the transistor... we're just in the next phase, and like every other phase, a lot of people stand to lose - but many more stand to gain.