Robert Nathan's piece has direct bearing on the raging debate of the effects of "intellectual property" (IP) law, such as patent and copyright. Real life offers a different picture of innovation as a trial-and-error process of competitive imitation, a gradual, hit-and-miss continuum of on-going discovery, with many people at all stages of production drawing deeply on existing knowledge and contributing technological and marketing improvements within the ever-present framework of the economic restraints.
Robert Lindsay Nathan, Jr.
With a masters degree from the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University, Robert Lindsay Nathan, Jr. has travelled the world for large national contractors. He writes, "I still maintain the hobbies of drawing and painting, and I write music from time to time, but have refrained from making these a full time job as it wouldn't be near as fun." See his web page.
