The internet has made us more hive minded, not less.

I disagree with the author: There is such a thing as original expression and creativity; Eliminating copyright does not eliminate economic scarcity; There are companies that have their own $economic motives to bypass compensation to authors - corporations prefer to pay labor zilch.

To some of us, the current culture can be more likened to the robber barons of the 19th century more-so than any imagined post-scarcity utopia.