on its face I don't know that patents alone drove the industrial revolution - I imagine that the modality of labor and capital also played a significant role
This convo reminds me of .. “my contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities—especially in the southern colonies—could most aptly be characterized as agrarian pre-capital —"
https://genius.com/Good-will-hunting-good-will-hunting-bar-s...
lol