Slowly but surely folks are waking up to the cold fact that nothing - absolutely nothing - ever was, is or will be - FREE.

There's costs to absolutely everything - always. Time. Money. Two quantifiable measurements easy to track.

For those who bristle at paywalls, well? Guess what! You get what you pay for. Want quality content for free? Why? What entitles you to take without giving?

Thank you MEDIUM (staff, members, writers and readers) for doing your part to balance giving with receiving.