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I don’t think the ancients were altogether different from us when it comes to protecting trade secrets. Innovations of military or economic value were kept secr
by jl6 4y ago
I don’t think the ancients were altogether different from us when it comes to protecting trade secrets. Innovations of military or economic value were kept secret to preserve an advantage, and they still are today.
I also don’t think there’s a slam dunk answer to whether innovation is spurred more by the profit motive inherent in the proprietary approach, or by the widespread enablement of the high-openness approach.
- KineticLensman 4y agoYes. Secrecy associated with silk manufacture is a great example [0]. [0].
- account-5 4y agoUnsure if you missed pasting the link, or you're being ironic...
- turtleyacht 4y agoThis is amazing: denote empty citations as an alernate to the terminating sarcasm tag (/s). It's probably even more explicit, and we are forced to charity by the absence of reference. Imagine what wonders the wandering of undeclared references shall do to a mind numbly scrolling through comments; forced to pause, and brief attention focused on the fitting of a slotted thought.
- smitty1e 4y agoThe historical record seems to show a great deal of knowledge being obtained, then lost. Knowledge transfer ain't bean-bag.