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Comment by malwrar

> But what got those engineers in the same room in the first place?

The interest in a shared problem and the passion to solve it?

> A patent is the best thing we’ve collectively come up with

I think that’s a bold claim in the face of the numerous contributions from e.g. universities, open source communities, single-person projects, etc that have pushed the world forward. We simply do not know a world free of the oppression of patents, the institution sustains itself.

> If you don’t like the game, get better at it.

I don’t think people will be playing this game much longer in the face of generative AI, unless ofc the ruling classes succeed in locking down access to that tech, gobally.

parent malwrar 1 month ago

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