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It's a bit disingenuous to say "Good ideas are meant to spread." They're not really meant to do anything, in the same way that the common saying "information wants to be free" is nonsense.

It seems hand-wavy to say "good ideas are meant to spread" without a more in-depth discussion of copyright/trademark law. The information you present is hypothetical and anecdotal. Anthropomorphizing "ideas" is not a substitute for real data and constructive discussion.




You're fighting a battle you can't win. Ideas want to be anthropomorphized.


You're kidding, right? Ideas hate being anthropomorphized.


They keep changing their minds, like a cat always on the wrong side of the door.




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