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I suppose there's some irony in seeing #Science promoting #Patents, which have no scientific evidence that they work (to promote wide distribution of innovation). It's old-school hierarchy, like Divine Rights of Kings, Slavery, or State Religion, whose main goal is to consolidate personal power.

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Like so many traditions we have today, the root causes of why we have them are always covered up w/ sugar-coated BS because the real reasons are #sociopath driven, benefitting only the few elitists who promote such ideas. The "Too Big to Fail" moment, in 1958 <snip> ideas.repec.org/a/aea/jecper...
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So, some still manage to come up w/ arguments to not abolish them entirely, even though that "benevolent #dictator" fantasy bubble surely must have been popped by 💩ump. The multi-national corporate #profit-seekers have every part of the system bought & gamed to ruin. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

PERA Remains a Serious Threat ...
PERA Remains a Serious Threat to Efforts Against Bad Patents

PERA would overturn long-standing court decisions that have helped keep some of the most problematic patents in check. This includes the Supreme Court’s Alice v. CLS Bank decision, which bars patents on abstract ideas. While Alice has not completely solved the problems of the patent system or patent trolling, it has led to the rejection of hundreds of low-quality software patents and, as a result, has allowed innovation and small businesses to grow.

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Beyond all that, the new #paradigm balks. Realizing that even if we imagine the impossible workable patent philosophy as correct, the time scales have now flipped gears. As long as #knowledge can't keep up w/ info anymore, the patent incentive is in the wrong direction. bsky.app/profile/malt...

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