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denise ward's avatar

I am so glad this is coming out. So, kudos for publishing this important article. I do wish to make an aside though as I look through the table of contents for the book, where it says "copyright notice". I wish to direct attention to the idea of copyright. Actually it goes against nature because nature "copies" all the time (think "DNA") We learn by copying. If we didn't we'd have to keep learning things anew every day. It assumes also that someone can "own" information, where they can get money from someone for using information that they believe they thought up, and completely ignore that they stand on the shoulders of others who equipped them with language, education,etc and ignore paying for using that information. The idea of "owning" information is fatuous as is owning land. Since we're at the start of this convention of the internet and since we can't do much about the fiction that we can "own land", I'd like people to think about this. Copying is biology and to pay for biology is getting ourselves into an entanglement that is not going to be good for us in the long run.

Dr Anne McCloskey's avatar

Great resource. Going to get a few copies printed and bound. Thank you.

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