Plagiarism: Is It as Bad as It Gets on Medium, Even Among Marquee Names?

My very short take on the subject matter

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There is no such thing as an original idea. All ideas are derivative.

That is to say that a vast majority of the articles (if not all) that you have read here are entirely based on what someone has written elsewhere, whether on social media or in the national papers.