Slaves of the Internet Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/opinion/sunday/slaves-of-the-internet-unite.html?_r=0

This article is about a journalist who is 46 years old and is still asked to write articles making no money, literally zero dollars, something that he believes should have ended while he was still in his 20's. The article explains that all jobs require work, time, effort, etc. and that it is demoralizing when someone suggests that your work is worth nothing at all.

The article continues explaining that the Internet "seems like capitalism's ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again," because access to the Internet is primarily free of charge, and easy to achieve. He claims that he is making the exact same or less money than he was making in the 1980's, which does not seem fair.

The Internet provides so many people with so much information, which is an unbelievable and helpful accomplishment, however it does hinder so many people that need to make their living through the Internet. Even when he accomplished great success with one of the articles he wrote, he made little to no money even though the article was reblogged, reposted, and shared throughout countless social media websites. While I appreciate the Internet, and cannot imagine research or the simple act of learning random information without the Internet, it seems unfair that those producing the information are getting paid virtually nothing for their knowledge. Everything on the Internet is so easily accessible that making money for journalists is extremely difficult, and it almost seems unfair that these people have lost the capability of providing information while making a substantial living from it.