“If you look at forces that improved products like socks, sweaters, and Twinkies,the engine that drives that system is economics. It’s economics that breaks down for software so that it remains indefinitely in its present primitive stage of evolution.” — Brad Cox Copy Share Image
“If you look at forces that improved products like socks, sweaters, and Twinkies,the engine that drives that system is economics. It’s economics that breaks… — Brad Cox Copy Share Image
“I’ve used the common wooden pencil in some of my writing as an example. When I ask audiences which is “simpler”, a digital pencil… — Brad Cox Copy Share Image
“Components are how people solve problems above a modest scale; it’s one thing that separates us from chimpanzees. We invented a way of solving… — Brad Cox Copy Share Image
“Without commerce, advanced social orders can’t evolve, so we’re stuck in the primitive state where every nerd fabricates everything from first principles.” — Brad Cox Copy Share Image
“Without physical conservation laws backing up what ownership means, we’re left with only laws, courts, and lawyers, which ultimately escalates to police-state tactics.Imagine banks… — Brad Cox Copy Share Image
