In addtion to the post below, a small addendum. The rest of the book built on the ideas as briefly discussed 2 weeks ago. In short: it is the natural state of ideas to flow freely, and we can decide whether to faciitate that flow or block it artificially.

Yes, in the larger whole there may be a role for traditional protection of ideas through the classic patent system, but in the end society and thus we, will benefit much more by acknowledging the inherent advantages of participating in the platforms that really make use of the ideas, i.e., apply and deploy them. It's about connections. Or in short to paraphrase the final quotes from the book: "the patterns are simple but taken together they create a sum that is much larger than the parts: go for a walk, cultivate hunches, embrace serendipity, make generative mistakes, visit liquid networks, borrow and let your ideas be borrowed, recylce en re-invent."

Facilitate and embrace the flow and sip from its nutrients.