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> Encouragement for inventors of new products, techniques, and import trades, who received rewards from the state, and not just temporary monopoly patents. I t
by __MatrixMan__ 4y ago
> Encouragement for inventors of new products, techniques, and import trades, who received rewards from the state, and not just temporary monopoly patents.
I think we should explore this one. It's better to solve a problem permanently than to create an industry around solving it temporarily. I'd happily pay into a fund that rewards people for doing so if it meant fewer subscription-type relationships and more now-I'll-never-have-that-problem-ever-again moments.
- contingencies 4y agoWe've tried using the state and other authorities as the arbiter of value. It hasn't turned out so well.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoIt hasn't? Who decides where to build highways? The state does. How do they decide? By judging where they provide value.
- contingencies 4y agoYeah, straight toward Crimea.