Does the possibility of nefarious use of virtually any technology outweigh its potential value?

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There has always existed since the early nineteenth century a secondary market in the sale and purchase of patents, but these firms make use of modern developments in corporate law, finance, and technology to reap new value for inventors or other firms who lack either the knowledge or resources to monetize their innovation assets.

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As a result of his analysis Daly says that we must have a steady state economy: the economy can only grow as fast as better technology allows us to add more value to or be more parsimonious with the use of those limited resources that we can use.

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