I like your thoughts on 'renting' because they are spot on. You're right, we don't--can't--own digital things like usernames. They aren't currency to pass on to new generations and they are ever-changing and fleeting because of the rate of change in technology.

Mankind's greed for wealth and power will overturn and betray itself one day, and those of us who prefer to live in a networked environment where shared information and decision-making take precedence will have to pick up the pieces.