IP vs process knowledge. You can monetise/exploit the former (but also exist without it) , but you'll really rue the lack of the latter when you need it most.
This thread reinforces what I've learned over my professional / creative lifespan. Intangible, accreted, contextual knowledge is king.
"Intellectual property" was once an obscure legal backwater. Today, it is *the* dominant area of political economy, the organizing regime for almost all of our tech regulation, and the most valuable - and most controversial - aspect of global trade policy:
pluralistic.net/2026/04/01/m...
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