Technology (3)

On the irrelevance of software

On the irrelevance of software

Among the most time, energy, skill and concentration consuming activities is software development. Of course, commercial principles are at the origin of most of the immeasurable waste that is the world of computer software creation. Let's try to draw clear lines here about what is…

Proposals to improve the patent system

Proposals to improve the patent system

Patents are old. They were already in use in the 13th century. The principle itself didn't change much, apart from the international scale of its application. But it now slows down innovation a lot. It is the Anglo-Saxon culture that has most widely systematized the…

Technolucidity: where Amish are right

Technolucidity: where Amish are right

The fact is, as previously said in my article about monotropic capitalism, the aim for control over reality and people regularly give birth to insane ideas and insane programs (whether political or commercial). Do we really need a TV, a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop…