From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2001 - 15:14:48 MST
Kai Becker wrote:
>
> Am Sonntag, 16. Dezember 2001 05:32 schrieb Samantha Atkins:
> > > IMO, removing the cause for the "the big bad boys will always steal us
> > > everything we build" meme will be an important part of that game.
> >
> > Who will steal when there is such abundance within reach of all?
>
> Those who are never satisfied with what they have, even if it's more than
> they can ever consume. Unfortunately this is the basic principle of
> capitalistic business: Make more money for the shareholders. I wonder if
> "always go for win-win" will work as a premise in world-wide business.
The above is a psychological/emotional/spiritual problem. But
that is much different to deal with than simply not having
sufficient and seeing others with much more than you can ever
dream of.
>
> But yes, I agree, availability to all is a key feature. I think this will
> make patent lawyers very unhappy.
>
Hopefully, they will be happy to find something different to do,
especially if they have all that time to do so without worrying
about going homeless.
- samantha
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