Dang, Luke. This is an extremely thought-provoking article. For the most part, at this point, I am simply standing with you on the "innovate or die" train. It is a weird feeling. It may seem like small potatoes, but I have seen several memes I have authored floating around the internet (this is funny because I used copyrighted images to "author" them) and though I am flattered, there is always a slight sting of, Oh!I want people to know that it was ME that made this.

I think what it comes down to for me is this: choice and consequence. If I copy and paste this entire beautiful article you have just written, and say I did it, I stand to "gain" and I definitely stand to lose from several different vantage points. I might make a lot of money here on Steem from it. I might also be found out and my reputation on the platform may suffer. More importantly, I might lose you as a friend. This loss would be emotionally damaging as well as reputationally compromising. You see, without the state to protect me (as it does its cronies, police, and politicians) people are free to "find me out" and ostracize me in myriad ways. In other words, the free market is in many ways a self-correcting machine in regard to "fairness." Not perfect, but extremely efficient.

So, at the end of the day, let the market decide, and INNOVATE OR DIE!!!!
Cheers man. Great read.