'On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.'"
Doctorow makes a good case for not saying IWTBF anymore. It is good to remember that it was not intended to stand on its own as an absolute statement of fact but as part of a paradox.
