Cory Doctorow on why content isn't king

I've read Boing Boing for yonks and quite like how Cory Doctorow can sometimes cut right to the centre of an issue and phrase it in a way that really sticks in my brain. He's done it again in this Boing Boing post quoting a Disney executive's view on piracy as "a business model to be competed with". The exec also describes Disney's strategy as "being primarily about content because it drives everything else..."

I really like Cory's response to this statement:

Content isn't king. If I sent you to a desert island and gave you the choice of taking your friends or your movies, you'd choose your friends -- if you chose the movies, we'd call you a sociopath. Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

Now think of that in an educational context... Woah.