Did this guy take some kind of dumbass pill or something?

Books, those bound paper documents, are part of an ecosystem, one that was perfect, and one that is dying, quickly.

The book business, perfect? The publishing industry is absolutely chock full of collusion, country-exclusive deals, rights issues, blockbuster focus and innumerable other problems. And books are very expensive. Only someone like Godin with a great deal of money would claim they are cheap.

Of course ebooks aren’t perfect. No system is perfect. And bookstores are indeed pretty cool places. But it’s not like public spaces have to disappear as books do — that is not a fait accompli. No. That is just a choice, like privatizing everything, or building Wal-Marts everywhere.