From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   On 1/11/26 11:21 AM, Dude wrote:   
   > On 1/11/2026 9:21 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > One of the main benefits of blockchain is increasing trust in the   
   > system. Then there are security concerns among member organization and   
   > traceability when data is shared across a business network   
      
   like i said: unless u tie the accounts to real world IDs it's not really   
   increasing transparency   
      
   >  >   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > It's your DNA!   
   >   
      
      
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