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The US is the world leader in suing in general, and yet it produces a lot more research than most other legally friendly places... how's that?
by noo_u 8mo ago
The US is the world leader in suing in general, and yet it produces a lot more research than most other legally friendly places... how's that?
- iamrobertismo 8mo agoI think some people overblow the lawsuit risk in the US. It really does suck here, however one of the benefits to certain types of innovation is that the US has a lot of IP protection infrastructure. Which stiffles innovation in a lot of ways, but also makes investment easier in some cases.
- mhuffman 8mo agoThis is true in a way. We are all very free to research and innovate, it is just when you get it in your mind to actually make any money that the lawsuits show up.
- iamrobertismo 8mo agoYep, and that is why you raise massive sums of U.S. capital to buy top lawyers lol
- elictronic 8mo agoWe have a lot of money. Smart people can make more money by working here.
- munk-a 8mo agoMomentum is a large part. I also do think there's somewhat of a motivation that once you've gotten to the top you can sue people who try to displace you into oblivion - ye olde classic "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" syndrome.
- almosthere 8mo agoLegally risky research, but if it has high enough rewards will eventually end up in the hands of extremely large companies that have the legal backing to do anything they want.