The Big Problem Isn’t Piracy, It’s Obscurity.

The Future's A Weirder Place Than We Thought It Would Be When We Were Little Kids.

When You Teach Your Students That It's "economically Rational" To Commit Crimes Where The Fines For Misconduct Are Lower Than The Expected Return On The Crime, You Instill A Professional Ethic That Has No Room For Morals.

Most Of The Books, Music And Movies Ever Released Are Not Available For Sale, Anywhere In The World. In The Brief Time That P2p Nets Have Flourished, The Ad-hoc Masses Of The Internet Have Managed To Put Just About *everything* Online. What's More, They've Done It Far Cheaper Than Any Other Archiving/revival Effort Ever.

Take It From Someone Who's Read The Wikipedia Entry: This Is How The Ottoman Empire Was Won: Madden Horsemen Fueled By Lethal Jet-black Coffee-mud.

If The Best Way To Learn To Succeed Is To Fail As Fast As Possible, Then The Second-best Way Is To Watch Someone Else Fail As Fast As Possible. Watching Someone Else Screw Up Is A Kind Of Rehearsal For Your Own Eventual Downfall. A Close Observation Of Someone Else's Attempt To Resolve A Difficulty Is A Great Way To Acquire Real-world Insight Into Whether And When To Deploy Their Method In Your Own Times Of Trouble.