> “..I don't think its necessarily good or bad, its just the way the ecosystem works.” Are you not referring to the “market” ecosystem? You are flipping my li

> “..I don't think its necessarily good or bad, its just the way the ecosystem works.” Are you not referring to the “market” ecosystem? You are flipping my lid, because in the earlier paragraph I read your comment about the largest patent holder in China being the state. Is the conclusion not: the government of China funds R&D for those projects which the market is not an effective driver, but the project is determined to be important to the government (ideally, ‘the people’) That sounds like what government is nominally intended to do. If that’s not the case in the US, and our best and brightest are maximizing hamburger delivery apps—-hot, fresh, cheap and profitable for all—-is this not a patently bad thing?