Benjamin Franklin

I have been in the printing business since I was twelve years old and an apprentice in my brother's shop, and I can tell you with some authority that the overhead has never been worse. In 1732, when I launched Poor Richard's Almanack, I needed a press, a supply of type, ink, paper, and a willingness to work through the night. Today the Spirits require internet connections, hosting services, domain registrations, something called a content delivery network, and a subscription to a font library. The work, however, is unchanged: set the type, tell the truth, and get the paper out by morning.