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> Imagine all the countless hour of pointless human labor that could be saved if we simply abolished patents. For example, all the time that pharmaceutical com
by monochromatic 11y ago
> Imagine all the countless hour of pointless human labor that could be saved if we simply abolished patents.
For example, all the time that pharmaceutical companies "waste" developing new drugs would be saved!
- sitkack 11y agoMaybe drugs shouldn't be "invented" by pharmaceutical companies? Is a company always the best organizational structure?
- monochromatic 11y agoPerhaps not, but I'm not aware of an individual developing a new drug within the last N years, for some large value of N.
- sitkack 11y agoDeveloping/discovering, most likely yes. Clinical trials, not possible. I said nothing of individuals, that isn't the dichotomy. All groups are not companies.