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> where are the inventors that want a patent system of any sort?

To me, this parallels the question: where are the artists that want a copyright system of any sort?

The consensus seems to be that automation will abolish most drudgery over the next few generations. Won't the succeeding economy be founded exactly on creative and inventive intellectual labor? The intellectual property system as we know it may not be the mechanism to support it, but it seems like there should be some way of identifying and rewarding creators and inventors.