Are you suggesting he would look a lot like a patent troll today? Could be heretical talking there.
Generally fundamental infrastructure improvements are very very hard for the individual contributor to capitalize on. Part of that is because there are usually alternatives for everything so its pre-commoditized and thus hard to extract value from, and partly because the legacy of 20th century was rent seeking businesses which polluted the waters for everyone.
Generally fundamental infrastructure improvements are very very hard for the individual contributor to capitalize on. Part of that is because there are usually alternatives for everything so its pre-commoditized and thus hard to extract value from, and partly because the legacy of 20th century was rent seeking businesses which polluted the waters for everyone.