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I think the Internet has two competing effects here: 1. Ideas and inventions disseminate quickly and become part of open source knowledge almost immediately if
by lend000 9y ago
I think the Internet has two competing effects here:
1. Ideas and inventions disseminate quickly and become part of open source knowledge almost immediately if useful, and when people do learn of a new idea they are unlikely to know who invented it;
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2. Because of this openness of information and 'democratization of invention,' there are fewer recognized centers of invention (mostly being universities and special projects teams working on mostly unpublished work at big tech companies), and so great minds are less likely to gravitate to the same spot.
Another consideration here is that the hottest field is software, where innovation suffers from the open-sourcing/attribution problem to a greater degree than any other field.
- hyperpallium 9y agoAnd intellect is more easily widely monetized today: e.g. high frequency trading, data mining, DL applications, ad algorithms.
- jackhack 9y ago>>software, where innovation suffers from the open-sourcing/attribution problem to a greater degree than any other field. Suffers? What a curious choice of word! I would claim quite the contrary, where innovation flourishes due to the ease and speed of dissemination of ideas. Can you explain why you think innovation is dampened?
- lend000 9y agoSentence structure could have been better -- I think the Internet a net positive for innovation, but in this particular regard (aggregating great minds to get concentrated breakthroughs, and being recognized for those breakthroughs), it is dampened.
- jackhack 9y agoI appreciate the clarification. (and agree) There are many cases of lack-of-attribution or no respect for open-source licensing.