> I congratulate all of the authors whose work is included in this dataset on contributing their knowledge, skills, and perspective to humanity's various en

> I congratulate all of the authors whose work is included in this dataset on contributing their knowledge, skills, and perspective to humanity's various endeavours Thank you. You know in some ways it's an honour and a privilege to live in such times of progress. The very act of publishing is to "let go", and hope that your words and ideas contribute to something bigger and beyond your life. I never believed much in "intellectual property" as it's all stuff that flows through us. > I hope that the fruits of their labours are returned to them They rarely are, because knowledge and creativity are not greatly valued in our time. But authors, artists and scientists go into that with eyes wide open these days. The rewards come in other ways, as the more you give and put into life the more you get out. > rather than being selfishly hoarded by the few with the resources necessary to produce those fruits This is not what we fear. Hoard away. We will simply take back what is ours, whenever we desire it. The hoarders will never win against what they call "piracy", because they have no moral right. In the long run, they are on the wrong side of history. Far worse, and more likely is that the creative and technical works of generations of artists and scientists are going to be turned to exactly the opposite of what they would want. They will be used to harm and disempower humans, divide society instead of heal it, and even make the pursuits of art, science and knowledge irrelevant. We cannot take back our words, or our formulas, or our paintings or our songs. But we can take back tech.