I’m personally way over on the “destroy even the doublethink concept of intellectual property” side of the axis. But, there’s the Historical Perspective:
The Chinese shanzhai / gongkai model isn’t any different to what’s happened with every other economy that made the industrialisation / manufacturing / service transitions. The West, too, was built on “fraud” and “theft.” Some countries didn’t even opt into having patent systems— or abolished them in short order. Plus the same old games of protectionism and state subsidies.
Wired, bunnie, and many others breathlessly expound on how we’re seeing the birth of something new. I dissent and can’t help but see echoes of Menlo Park. Even the subtitle of the series evokes a smile, “The Silicon Valley of hardware,” because we’ve so quickly forgotten how and why Silicon Valley got its name.
The Pearl River Delta economic zone isn’t going anywhere. Or, maybe more accurately, it’s finally back. But, so is Vietnam. We’ll see how China feels about “sharing” in a decade.
I’m personally way over on the “destroy even the doublethink concept of intellectual property” side of the axis. But, there’s the Historical Perspective:
The Chinese shanzhai / gongkai model isn’t any different to what’s happened with every other economy that made the industrialisation / manufacturing / service transitions. The West, too, was built on “fraud” and “theft.” Some countries didn’t even opt into having patent systems— or abolished them in short order. Plus the same old games of protectionism and state subsidies.
However once we’re rich and powerful, oh that ladder, how she does get kicked.
Wired, bunnie, and many others breathlessly expound on how we’re seeing the birth of something new. I dissent and can’t help but see echoes of Menlo Park. Even the subtitle of the series evokes a smile, “The Silicon Valley of hardware,” because we’ve so quickly forgotten how and why Silicon Valley got its name.
The Pearl River Delta economic zone isn’t going anywhere. Or, maybe more accurately, it’s finally back. But, so is Vietnam. We’ll see how China feels about “sharing” in a decade.