Blockbusters are the exception, not the rule, and yet we see an entire industry through their rarefied air. - Chris Anderson

For the first time in history, hits and niches are on equal economic footing, both just entries in a database called up on demand, both equally worthy of being carried. Suddenly, popularity no longer has a monopoly on profitability.

Fundamentally, a society that asks questions and has the power to answer them is a healthier society than one that simply accepts what it’s told from a narrow range of experts and institutions.

The ultimate cost reduction is eliminating atoms entirely and dealing only in bits.