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Who is to say that the rate of progress wouldn't have been doubled if the constraints of excessive intellectual property laws (a key component of the neoliberal
by photochemsyn 3y ago
Who is to say that the rate of progress wouldn't have been doubled if the constraints of excessive intellectual property laws (a key component of the neoliberal outsourcing program) had been drastically limited? Indeed any analysis of the Chinese technological boom will conclude that their more laissez-faire attitude towards IP played a large role in that outcome.
A similar argument is that the open-source movement has become the main driver of software innovation (Linux in the server space etc.) and that without it we'd still be back in the early 2000s tech-wise.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> Indeed any analysis of the Chinese technological boom will conclude that their more laissez-faire attitude towards IP played a large role in that outcome. That works for catching up; not for moving ahead. > A similar argument is that the open-source movement has become the main driver of software innovation (Linux in the server space etc.) and that without it we'd still be back in the early 2000s tech-wise. The open source movement exists in this timeline.
- jihiggins 3y agoresearch output from china is already outpacing the us... and their point is that the open source movement is not driven by capital / neoliberal economics
- robertlagrant 3y ago> research output from china is already outpacing the us... Research output isn't to do with IP law relaxation. It's also extremely hard to draw conclusions from.