Why are these discussions always so short sighted? People seem to continually tunnel in on tiny aspects of the world. It doesn't matter whether my car has a c

Why are these discussions always so short sighted? People seem to continually tunnel in on tiny aspects of the world. It doesn't matter whether my car has a carburettor or not. What matters is that the wheels turn and I get where I need to go. What matters, is that people who produce research, useful research, are permitted to eat, to raise families, to learn, to live a generally reasonable life. How we do that is the interesting question. Not these myopic arguments about IP and copyright.