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Yes, let's end all reward for intellectual development other than directly through commercialization of products. That will help our society grow/think/learn.

• Buttons840 1y ago
  Evidently, yes. The evidence being that the country that ignored those incentives grew faster than us.
  • _DeadFred_ 1y ago
    Because they had access to what our incentives generated.
    • ZeroGravitas 1y ago
      They're now filing lots of patents and will get to use your "I planted a flag on some knowledge so now I control it" system against you.