If that’s the case, the all-powerful free market should cover the development costs. I’m told it’s, like, super good at that kind of thing? If Intellectual Ventures Lab is really a charity looking to change the world, it should be focusing on problems that the market can’t solve. Unless the charity thing is really just a fig leaf for a bunch of IP vultures who wanted to build a really cool shop*, of course.
- I’ve toured it, and I’m absolutely willing to acknowledge that it is a very cool shop.
