Comments on: [berkman] Michael Heller http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/11/18/berkman-michael-heller/ Let's just see what happens Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:44:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Luis Villa’s Blog / what the Berkman Center got right http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/11/18/berkman-michael-heller/comment-page-1/#comment-39964 Luis Villa’s Blog / what the Berkman Center got right Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:01:32 +0000 http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7540#comment-39964 [...] my friend Dave’s regular Berkman Lunch transcripts with a certain wistfulness. Ironically, his last lunch post was about a Columbia law prof.1 I’ve always cited the lunches as the best part of Berkman, but the further I get from it, [...] [...] my friend Dave’s regular Berkman Lunch transcripts with a certain wistfulness. Ironically, his last lunch post was about a Columbia law prof.1 I’ve always cited the lunches as the best part of Berkman, but the further I get from it, [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Michael Heller and the gridlock economy http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/11/18/berkman-michael-heller/comment-page-1/#comment-39611 …My heart’s in Accra » Michael Heller and the gridlock economy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:07 +0000 http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7540#comment-39611 [...] accounts of the event from friends David Weinberger and Lokman [...] [...] accounts of the event from friends David Weinberger and Lokman [...]

]]> By: Frank Wilhoit http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/11/18/berkman-michael-heller/comment-page-1/#comment-39610 Frank Wilhoit Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:16:29 +0000 http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7540#comment-39610 "...My mortgage doesn’t really resemble my ideas...." This guy almost gets it. If I drop a $50 bill on the sidewalk and somebody picks it up, then I am $50 down on the deal and he is $50 up. If I drop an idea on the sidewalk and somebody picks it up, then he has it, I still have it, and it's still on the sidewalk for someone else to pick up, ad infinitum. This is why there is no such thing as intellectual property. Progress depends upon the absolute repudiation of the concept of intellectual property. “…My mortgage doesn’t really resemble my ideas….”

This guy almost gets it. If I drop a $50 bill on the sidewalk and somebody picks it up, then I am $50 down on the deal and he is $50 up. If I drop an idea on the sidewalk and somebody picks it up, then he has it, I still have it, and it’s still on the sidewalk for someone else to pick up, ad infinitum.

This is why there is no such thing as intellectual property. Progress depends upon the absolute repudiation of the concept of intellectual property.

]]> By: shouting loudly » Blog Archive » the tragedy of the anti-commons and the gridlock economy http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/11/18/berkman-michael-heller/comment-page-1/#comment-39609 shouting loudly » Blog Archive » the tragedy of the anti-commons and the gridlock economy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:05:52 +0000 http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=7540#comment-39609 [...] See also the much more lucid and detailed blogging of this event by colleagues David Weinberger and Ethan Zuckerman. In particular, check out the fascinating exchange on the nature of [...] [...] See also the much more lucid and detailed blogging of this event by colleagues David Weinberger and Ethan Zuckerman. In particular, check out the fascinating exchange on the nature of [...]

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