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Transistors, lithium batteries, leds, etc all enjoyed significant patent protection, but still changed the world. I yearn for a Star Trek utopia as the next, b
by 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
Transistors, lithium batteries, leds, etc all enjoyed significant patent protection, but still changed the world.
I yearn for a Star Trek utopia as the next, but we do live in a capitalistic world where I hope that someone can enjoy outsized rewards for upending some previously insurmountable physical barriers.
- amrocha 3y agoSure, and millions of people die of preventable diseases in the global south every year because pharmaceutical companies deem it profitable to let them die, and because the global north enforces their patents. You don't know how it's gonna go. The scientists are going to be fine, they have their careers guaranteed and will receive many prizes for their work. They don't need a monopoly on a world changing material too.
- avereveard 3y agoWhy would patent be the root cause, they should have access to 2003 level of medicine. If patent was the only thing holding them back, you'd see them having 2000s level of healthcare, which wasn't bad by any stretch.
- amrocha 3y agoNever said it was the only thing