Ideas are free; it's execution that matters. The politics in academia and research are horrid. It's mainly narcissism that drives people to publish rather tha

Ideas are free; it's execution that matters. The politics in academia and research are horrid. It's mainly narcissism that drives people to publish rather than hide their stash. Every such group I've seen have the publishers taking everyone's work and putting their name on it. Smart people go find other smart people, and the smartest make a name for themselves by distilling the collective wisdom. But the incentives are wrong. They'd rather be known for the idea than do the work to deliver it (and love to blame the bean counters for their own lack of diligence). Apple today is right to sequester information -- not because it divulges secrets but because it's better culturally to say it's not real until it's a product people can use. They've tamped down the glory-mongering of their pre-Jobs 90's with its bloated Copland and Newton egos. To me that discipline drove Apple to deliver the innovations they have in the 2000's - not Jony's esthetics or Cook's efficiency.