From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/11/2026 11:29 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
   Thanks for explaining this. I'll pass it along to my other group:   
   alt.sci.skeptik. Good work!   
   >>  >   
   >>> 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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