Why is the day everyone in America goes to the poles to vote a work day. If they want more people to vote why not make voting day a holiday. No we can't do that. Lets have everyone vote on line. My BS meter just broke.
The reason for IT is the aggregation of information.
The problem is the aggregation of Information.
It's like putting all your eggs in one basket. We need a fundamentally new way of aggregating the information and a new way of accessing it. But it will never be perfect as long as we aggregate the information.
Kodak is a perfect example of the way the patent system should work. They realized a long time ago they didn't have to make things. They just had to invent the technology. Fuji film was made under a Kodak patent. They have patents on lens technology as well as digital tech. The chances are every time you bye a camera Kodak makes a little bit of money.