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> I really wouldn't mind living in a world where you can have a monopoly over ideas, if I am one of the few who can afford paying for those ideas. I would. It
by vibrunazo 14y ago
> I really wouldn't mind living in a world where you can have a monopoly over ideas, if I am one of the few who can afford paying for those ideas.
I would. It has much further and deeper implications in the bigger picture than just that one textbook that you could afford.
- crusso 14y agoTwisting someone's words but making it appear as a quote is something I normally only see on Reddit or Fark. Could you please avoid that tactic here? Thanks.
- superuser2 14y agoThey're not trying to charge for access to the ideas. They're charging for the explanation of those ideas in text that a team of people crafted. They're charging way too much for it, but that's only because universities let them.
- crusso 14y agoExactly. The ideas are already out there. Charging for information that's out there when you have a semi-monopolistic hold on the market through the collusion of most higher institutions of education is unethical.