From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Jun 11 2002 - 07:57:24 MDT
Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> >
> > I think this is only because the principles do not delve at all into the
> > specific impact of the technologies we promote. Nanotechnology will at
> > some point make economies of material resources obsolete, at which point
> > the only resources of value will be information and energy. For human
> > civilization to function in such a state, information as property gains
> > paramount importance for what remains of the market when the everyday
> > survival needs of every individual are satiated by a replication system
> > and several kilowatt hours of energy. Especially in the area of
> > nanoreplication technology, IP in these technologies will determine who
> > owns what.
> >
>
> Your argument assumes the value of making information property
> but does not really make a case for it. I do not know for
> certain if the concept of ownership is actually as critical for
> a world of this kind of projected abundance. At least it would
> seem that ownership in that which is more than abundant enough
> is adding the proverbial legs to a snake.
But material abundance doesn't translate to informational abundance. We
know that human knowledge is doubling. So what? It is still quite
finite, and as such it is subject to economies of scarcity, ergo it must
be treated as property to be managed and utilized most effectively.
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