If the Internet only consisted of such resources, it would remain a geek's toy and ignored by the vast majority of the population, who would simply continue to watch TV. I'm far from a fan of Steve Jobs, but this quote from an interview is spot-on:

“When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”

And the same happens with the Web. Though, I'm not saying a different society is impossible, but you'd need to change the people before changing the internet.