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  • You don't understand why people deserve the fruits of their labour? What are you on about bruh we're talking about the patent office. People need to be incentivised to work because all of the work needed to create the society of excess you so want to enjoy isn't all of the work people would do if left to their own devices.

  • People work for material gain. By not entitling creators to the product of their labour you will discourage them from creating (and also be stealing from them). Patent law is exactly the kind of thing that protects the interests of working people but our current system is too weak to stand up to corporations.

    What happens if the person who can solve climate change decides instead to trade stocks because saving the world doesn't put food on the table?

    IP laws are not your enemy, corporations are.

  • Patents are a good idea in every form of society. People are motivated by material rewards. By ensuring a creator is entitled to their labour and that some scum fuck corporation isn't going to steal it, society incentivises innovation. The problem isn't patents, it's corporations abusing the system to serve their own interests because public institutions (such as the patent office) aren't strong enough to push back.

  • I feel like so many people don't understand the purpose of IP law.

    So someone arranges some atoms for the first time, let's say they make a vaccine. Now the creator of that vaccine might be financially motivated to sell it for profit. If no IP law existed then the only way to ensure that they'd be able to profit from their arrangement of atoms is by keeping the way they managed to create it a secret. IP law is a social contract that says "hey, if you share this massively beneficial idea with the rest of society we'll make sure that you can make a profit off of it." In this way IP law incentivises creators to share their creations with society in a way that everyone benefits from.

    The problem is with public institutions being eroded away by corporate interests not with the concept of IP law.

    Also for anyone coming out with the "creators aren't profit motivated" bs. Yes they absolutely are. No it is not because of greed. Material success for people who have made contributions is the most valuable encouragement.

  • It's about incentivising people to share their ideas by ensuring they'll be rewarded for it. Without IP laws it's beneficial to keep new ideas a secret so you can profit off of them. It's a social contract that promises creators compensation for creating. Everyone benefits from the system the problem has been its exploitation due to weakening public institutions.

  • We have moondust. It would be trivial to run a larger test. There's probably a very good, very boring reason why the line of inquiry ends at "one time some guy was allergic to moon dust."

  • Being deluded that different is maybe better is literally how humanity has made all progress. You seem upset with the word "overlord." It's a little ridiculous but somewhat understandable given its connotations. Thankfully when our benevolent alien patrons take over, it'll be a non-issue.