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Without the motivation for profit, what inventions that benefit many may not have been discovered? Safety pin is a glib example; big pharma may be too far the
by JacobAldridge 19y ago
Without the motivation for profit, what inventions that benefit many may not have been discovered?
Safety pin is a glib example; big pharma may be too far the other way; but why would I invest my time and money to build a better mouse trap just to give it away?
- ovi256 19y agoI am afraid I did not make myself clear enough. I was criticizing only the safety pin patent, which obviously is superfluous, given the existence of fibulas. The general case, building better (but really better, not pharma-style better) mousetraps still warrants recognition.