Row 8904

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I used to argue for this, too, that profit brings innovation. But I honestly don't think I believe it in quite the same I did before. I now believe in the negative hypothesis, rather than the positive.

What I mean is this: in places like the Soviet Union, where people knew, almost for a certainty, that their work and ingenuity would go unrewarded and possibly even get them in trouble somehow, it was extremely difficult to foster an environment of innovation and creativity. We see that in similar societies, as well. So, reasonably enough, the inability to profit from one's ideas seems to crush the drive toward new ideas.

It doesn't follow from that, though, that merely providing the ability to profit will, in itself, drive creation, or that it's the only or even the best means of doing so. And I think we've seen, many times throughout history, that the best and most important new ideas come mostly out of a sense of curiosity combined with the freedom to think and experiment, rather than a simple profit motive alone.

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text I used to argue for this, too, that profit brings innovation. But I honestly don't think I believe it in quite the same I did before. I now believe in the negative hypothesis, rather than the positive. What I mean is this: in places like the Soviet Union, where people knew, almost for a certainty, that their work and ingenuity would go unrewarded and possibly even get them in trouble somehow, it was extremely difficult to foster an environment of innovation and creativity. We see that in simila…
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