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> I don't disagree with the concept of a "bug bounty for information" but I'm struggling to come up with an idea of what that would look like in a way that is e
by wz1000 6y ago
> I don't disagree with the concept of a "bug bounty for information" but I'm struggling to come up with an idea of what that would look like in a way that is either more effective or different than patents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_grants_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_grants_in_the_United_S...
- kube-system 6y agoThat's exactly the example I had in mind when I wrote the sentence you quoted. Pharma grants have their own issues. Our current mixed system with both private investment and public investment allows us to leverage the strengths and weaknesses of both allocation schemes.
- oehpr 6y agoI feel like, ideally, such a system of incentivizing novel ideas and information should be decentralized. Bug bounties, for example, is a decentralized form of incentivizing public works.