From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jun 10 2002 - 13:29:49 MDT
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.
- samantha
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