I love the idea of a clone army based on the same guy, bc despite being genetically the same only a few are worthy of the general rank while the rest are fodder.
An allegory for reproduction I suppose. To the victor swimmers go the egg spoils.
If all the smartest+most rational ppl got their own civilization on it would be LEAGUES better than this one, just more functional in ways we can't even imagine, and like 90% of it would be downstream of their ability to understand incentives and ripple effects
Protection of IP is one thing. But this is textbook rent-seeking behavior. Rent-seeking destroys societal wealth.
"It was reported that the resulting cease-and-desist letters called for those companies to halt production, recall product and destroy inventory."
BREAKING: The proposed US-Iran peace deal includes a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran, per NYT.
The program is being called an international "investment fund," which the US would facilitate in the final deal.
This comes as Iran demands "reparations" to end the war.
@JohnHCochrane Ironically, Marx only became important because he was an accidental beneficiary of the Russian Revolution. That is, he was mandated to be important by Lenin.
In a cruel twist of irony, all those decades of politics interfering in and distorting the labor market is making this worse.
The other irony is that the political profits to be had from this problem are...more protectionist policies.