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Do you still love it when it´s other people who profit from that idea?
by mrleinad 15y ago
Do you still love it when it´s other people who profit from that idea?
- vidarh 15y agoCan't speak for Cushman, but: Yes. Unless it's an idea I've invested tons of effort into making reality. I've worked on enough startups to know that the idea is usually the easy part.
- Vivtek 15y agoI certainly do - it's easier for me to concentrate on what I'm good at, and just freaking go to the store and buy a laser mosquito barrier.
- noonespecial 15y agoI have more ideas than I could implement in 10 lifetimes. My first reaction when I see something I thought of come to be is "oh hells yeah, they made my X for me!" The second is a nice feeling of vindication. "It was a good idea. Look!" That's what bothers me most about "intellectual property". This "if I can't be the one to build it and profit from it then no one should" notion is just a recipe for nothing ever getting done.
- nitrogen 15y agoIn my case, the only thing that really bothers me about someone else implementing one of my ideas is that I won't have the joy of being involved in its creation. Otherwise, you're completely right -- ideas are cheap, and when one gets "stolen," it's a sign the idea was obvious, and a net benefit to society. The one exception is if an obvious idea gets stolen by a troll.
- noonespecial 15y agoI'd say that trollish behavior is the only way an idea can really be "stolen".
- Cushman 15y agoYes. Because a) I like cool shit, and b) I am not four years old.