From: Wilson@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On 1/11/2026 4:59 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   > like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we   
   > all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect   
   > information as is possible to build, no?   
   >   
   >  > but muh trade secrets!?   
   >   
   > the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of   
   > capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of   
   > trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.   
   >   
   > people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever   
   > again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false   
   > with a long list of various examples including most of academia where   
   > profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual   
   > results an objective manner.   
   >   
   > with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses   
   > (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.   
   > sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to   
   > operating/competing in a transparent manner...   
   >   
   > we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!   
   >   
   > before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism...   
   > but transparency first ehh????   
   >   
   > https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/   
   > how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/   
   >   
      
   Your full transparency thing IMO is a good idea. I can see some real   
   benefits to it improving both economics and government.   
      
   Possible downsides would be not allowing patents on products for a   
   limited time as that does incentivize innovation and that is useful. And   
   possibly it would empower ideological radicals who want to murder and   
   destroy, but we already have them now anyway.   
      
   I'd include non-business orgs as well.   
      
   On a somewhat related tangent I think it's also time to make it clear   
   that all persons own themselves and their DNA. I don't think it's   
   ethical to patent any life forms.   
      
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