If we abolished the patent systems, competition would dissolve problems like this.
The Witcher Netflix Show
How did the producers of The Witcher on Netflix spend double an episode over Game of Thrones, yet create a show that is total garbage?
The music is the worst part, but the dialogue, plot, and acting all are lacking too.
Covid – Return to Normal
I am vaxxed and boosted. Everyone I know in my very Republican rural county got the new wave of Omicron in the last ten days, including me. No one got seriously ill, even though many were not vaxxed. My symptoms were barely detectable.
I am done with Covid, I did my part to stop prevention. At this point, it is damaging children to keep them locked up.… read more “Covid – Return to Normal”
Another example of garbage patents destroying innovation
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-loses-sonos-patent-case-starts-stripping-functionality-from-speakers/
Bitcoin Energy Use
Some statistics to start the year:
During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina.
Related CO2 emissions were ~64 Mt; enough to negate the entire global net savings from deploying EVs.
— Digiconomist (@DigiEconomist) January 1, 2022
Racial Preferences in Government Contracting: How It Happens and Why It’s Wrong – Regulatory Transparency Project
Patents held back the Industrial Revolution
For example, each new innovation on the steam engine had to wait for the last patent to expire. Patents need to be abolished as they are a parasite on humanity.
Brilliant ideas: Henry Ford’s autobiography
Henry Ford’s autobiography is jam packed with brilliant ideas so far:
Give the customer the best possible deal. Every year Henry Ford reduced prices on vehicles.
Pay employees more. Henry Ford paid double the going average wage.
Focus intensely. Henry Ford only built one car: the Model T and tried to make it as simple, reliable, and inexpensive as he could.… read more “Brilliant ideas: Henry Ford’s autobiography”
Antiwork and the Labor Shortage
The antiwork movement is extremely popular online. Supporters of this view are brigade downvoting any view they see as opposed to this: especially if it suggests that government handouts result in people not wanting to work.
I think the desire for better pay and better work conditions are well founded. Most of our Fortune 500 companies are run by hired gun CEOs, not founders, that are trying to extract maximum short term profits at the expense of employees and customers and the environment.… read more “Antiwork and the Labor Shortage”