The power of the net

The Internet enables a global reach for "cottage industries" producing custom goods at small town prices. In a very real sense, we don't need big business anymore. On the other hand, we do need some large businesses. We need reputation managers to ensure the vendors are honest and buyers are likely to pay up. We need search engines to find the right people and the right goods. We need payment schemes so that we can all trade for our goods without fuss. We don't need content curators to decide what gets produced and what doesn't. We need content publishers to provide a consistent interface. We need content creators.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - There's more that we do and don't need.
PPS - A lot of it is summed up by the content thoughts, though.