they are an indirect measure of technological development.
I don't even believe this is true. There is plenty of literature out there about how # of patents =/= innovation (or even tangentially relate to it).
muslimmarxist
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A six sided dice where each side has an actual activity you can do IRL to organize instead of asking randoms on the internet which games you should play? wtf is this reddit tier shit lol
We shouldn't be using "patents" to measure "innovation." That's what the dumb ass capitalist patent freaks do. "Oh you think intellectual property is BS, what about all the bajillion patents filed last year????? SEE ALL THAT INNOVATION!!!"
I don't really care about steroid use in sports. It's just not fair that certain people get genetic advantages, so if you want to make up for not being tall or having a certain body build, go for it. We allow it in other areas of life, so why not in sports. The whole "it's unfair whaaaa" thing sounds like some moralistic capitalist bullshit anyways. They always use their advantages, but lecture the rest of us to "play fair"
So Iran is the only country in the world that legalized the sale of kidneys, and as a result, they don't have any wait lists for kidneys. Regardless of how you feel about it, it's an interesting case study (from an anti-imperialist nation to boot) about the effectiveness of the system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_trade_in_Iran