[JumpCrisscross]

> It's a literary analogy, not a physical analogy

When the phrase was coined in 1984 [1], it was a valid hypothesis. The last forty years have given evidence for the null.

The more plentiful information has become, the more we've sought (and in some cases, needed) to corral and control it. Sometimes for our own purposes. In many cases because absent such archiving entropy takes its toll.

The problem with "information wants to be free" is it presumes a natural force which doesn't exist. There also isn't a natural force that wants to make DRM and NFTs. But there is one that wants to forget, to corrupt and re-interpret. (There are very human forces that wish to control.) Sit back and let information do what it wants, which is precisely nothing, and the forces that beckon us into control and forgetfulness will win.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free