>The problem for me is that without patents I have no reason to do anything outside my own area.
99.9999% of people in the world who do not hold rights to a patent and still do what they like disagree.
>The only way to ensure that people have an incentive to invest their time into things outside of the stuff they do to get money is by giving them patents.
This is one of those scenarios where one cannot really tell if OP is being honest or satirical.
99.9999% of people in the world who do not hold rights to a patent and still do what they like disagree.
>The only way to ensure that people have an incentive to invest their time into things outside of the stuff they do to get money is by giving them patents.
This is one of those scenarios where one cannot really tell if OP is being honest or satirical.