The argument here feels like only tangible things are actually valuable. Without the transistor, none of these other increases in value would exist. How much wo

The argument here feels like only tangible things are actually valuable. Without the transistor, none of these other increases in value would exist. How much would the world agree to pay if some genie came out of a lamp and someone could wish us back to 1946 and prevent the invention of the transistor forever? > If you create a device where, with one press of a big red button, you can cure cancer/world hunger/war/disease, but you never actually press that button? What if you create such a device and decide to publicly share the design, with no plans to monopolize it? You'd probably be the lose financially, but did you not create the most value? Have Linux or Git created no real value except for the companies that can build service models around them?