If all famous writers were born in this society would you think they would be as famous? With the advancement of technology things have changed as you said maybe Shakespeare would only have $0.2 from 10 upvotes who knows?And he wouldn't write about the same themes. Not as many people go to plays or read books anymore as kindles and pdfs are on the scene. It would be very interesting to see how these authors would react if they woke up now.