On: Apple declines to join Microsoft in funding patent...

[rajbala]

From an interview of Nathan Myhrvold on Fareed Zakaria:

Zakaria: How worried are you that the United States is no longer going to be the place that invents the future?

Myhrvold: I'm very worried. Current course and speed --- we're very good at inventing, uh, but we're also undermining our ability to do that in lots of ways.

<facepalm>

[moonchrome → rajbala]

Exploit the flaws in the system until people are forced to make changes - and get rich while doing it - the unsung hero.

[midas007 → moonchrome]

And also be sure to get rich (Big-4 style) by offering to "fix" the system you helped break. Rinse, later, repeat.