Shapeshifter
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How exactly is this supposed to work? I can tell you how it works at the moment: If ever someone comes up with a new idea and forms a start-up, they will need two things: resources and capabilities. If they lack capabilities, they will license them from "corporations" as you call them (e.g. proprietary software, algorithms, chemicals...), and if they lack ressources, they will look for investors. Now for the investors to provide money, they will need a return. Of course they will only give money to start-ups which deserve it because their ideas are promising.Tsunamie said:Instead of corporations creating technology, small start-ups will be able to start creating technology from the information pool that is available.
Now back to my question, how is this actually going to work, that "small start-ups will be able to start creating technology from the information pool that is available". You can't create technology without a solid financial support from investors. How will investors give you money, when the things you create will be taken away from you?
Another example: Th1sWasATriumph enlightened me about the fact that studio recordings for music are expensive. To be able to record music, you need a financial basis. Who do you think is going to pay for these studio recordings?
It seems to me like you have the idealistic view that "the state" will pay for all these things. The state is supposed to finance research, art, culture, technology, basically anything innovative in our society. Yeah well, this might work, but only if you raise the taxes to like 90% and with capable people in your government. And then you will still have the problem of assessing who gets the money and who doesn't. Capitalism does quite a good job at giving money to those innovative start-ups who deserve it.