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Role of Copyright in Progess
Michael, I would be interested in your reaction and analysis of the first in a series of presentations by Paul Romer to the Long Now Foundation. He is presenting a Theory of History and talks about the rise in the standard of living at various scales over human history due to increases in absolute population and in population density causing technological progress. He then introduces the idea of rulesets (e.g. codes of human behaviour, cultural forms, government) and the introduction on new ones with competition.
It seems to me that we are at a point in history where a country like Canada, if it were brave enough, change the rulesets, of which copyright is one, in such a way that it could result in a great advantage over other countries.
Here is the link to the talk:
http://fora.tv/2009/05/18/Paul_Romer_A_Theory_of_History_with_an_Application
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