Why Paywalls Exist and Why Serious Writing Needs Them

<![CDATA[Recently, Kim du Toit made a concise and fair point about paywalls. His argument, in short, is that restricting access limits reach, and that reach matters. Especially for persuasion, ideas spread best when they move freely. That observation is impossible to dispute, and it reflects a real tradeoff faced by anyone publishing online today.]]>