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by londons_explore 976 days ago
I would like to see an experiment where a country disallowed any company from keeping any secrets at all - IP or otherwise. Everything on all the companies computers and hard drives would always be visible to competitors and the public.

While it discourages long research projects, it really incentivises fast execution and building on other companies designs.
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hiatus 976 days ago
You might find the culture of gongkai to be in the same vein as your suggestion. https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297
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thfuran 976 days ago
I think companies overvalue secrecy to the point that most that are able would immediately leave. And I don't think most any industry has such a problem with willingness to execute quickly that trying to incentivize that is worth totally crushing R&D. Hell, I think the world could do with a bit more research and a bit less moving fast and breaking things.
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