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An idea is frequently very fragile. It occurs when something proves inadequate and there seems to be a solution that is obvious or, at minimum, easy to accomplish but nobody seems to have solidified it. And, most often, once the immediate situation passes, the motivation to do something about it passes and the whole thing moves out of consciousness. To maintain it as a viable seed for action, something more than mere personal elation is required. Any dynamic individual with the motivation and the understanding and the means to carry the idea into realization most frequently has monetary reward as one of the basic drives. Perhaps the originator of the idea has not the requisite strengths to push the idea into realization, but certainly monetary reward should contribute to the desire to reveal the idea, even if the reward is merely token and by this token payment, the person who has the energy to finalize the idea can relieve himself of any sense of obligation to the originator of the idea. We live in a monetary society and the idea’s contributor should certainly gain something solid out of its realization. The effort, after all, is a kind of lottery and a lottery without a pot is an oxymoron.
sand, Nov 28 2003
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To put an idea into a lottery with a possible pot, you take out a patent. This site appears to be more for ideas that are not patently novel.
On the contrary, novelty has nothing to do with it. Taking out a patent is an expensive and arduous operation. Ideas pop up all the time but may prove valuable in the long run. It may be naive to hope that the guy who has the intensity and the money to invest in an idea might feel at least a bit of obligation to the originator of the idea, but I am not yet a total cynic.
there is a community of people with ideas, the dreamers of society. What are the characteristics of a dreamer? Basically, we do not necessarily fit into the business of actualizing (or selling) of ideas, we think up ideas.Granted, we may apply this knowledge base to "selling" the ideas, and I think those that are successful in the business of ideas for profit have had to do this.However, for all the rest of us it would be nice if there was some sort of "market" where ideas could be exchanged and the inventer could benefit from the effort. The end user of the idea obviously attains the benefit.
This place seems like practice for the real thing. If I were fully employed, I wouldn't have the time for this unless my colleagues (fellow employees and professionals, suppliers, customers, etc.) didn't provide enough stimulation.
It also is a good way to get some constructive criticism of idle speculations and learn how complex the world is.
As you say, it's a monetary society, and the monetary rewards are always going to go to those who have the money to exploit money-making ideas. At best, an inventor hopes he can protect his ideas long enough to secure some compensation from the investors who willmake his idea profitable.