Not if you're solving a problem you yourself have encountered. And, a cofounder can help with the difficulty in seeing the perspectives of others, although Asperger's Syndrome has more to do with difficulty in social interaction than being able to observe why something sucks and requires fixing.
This article reminds me that I've never even been asked if I graduated high school. Not having a college education has never been a problem for me either.
One could argue that propagating(copying) the content across disparate site removes the inconvenience of finding the original content while still not rewarding the creator of the work.
This happened to me in early summer of 2007. I was actually at the airport to join another program when I followed my gut and took a chance with my Y Combinator application instead. I was subsequently interviewed and accepted, so it worked quite well for me. I would, however, encourage everyone to weigh their options before following their guts as in the end you may get no offers by taking a risk like I did.
Probably part of what prompted my decision was how much integrity this other program didn't have relative to Y Combinator (offering perks and having integrity are sometimes inversely proportional).
Principle probably doesn't come into play when the majority of people want to consume or share information in the form of text, video and imagery. Using Scribd or Youtube is very much a proof that people have found an easy way to share their information. It seems you're confusing "don't know how" with "aren't doing it while abiding by the principles they should have".
I agree with what you wrote yesterday concerning weights and measures. "Leave people to use what they want to use."