That we make it one factor among many to consider. Surely that's not too much to ask. I recently read an interesting article in The McKinsey Quarterly. Maybe too well. You run the real risk of creating a commodity business.
Prices tend to plummet.
Margins get squeezed. Meanwhile, needed investments in other areas of the GII have been neglected. While the U.S. is an example of where such an overabundance may be short-term, controlled, or in general acceptable, most nations of the world can't afford to misuse scarce capital resources by misdirecting investments. We're already in grave danger creating a world of information haves and have-nots. I don't have the time today to delve into each of these benefits in detail.