EliKeene comment: This is really interesting stuff, and it was very well written, particularly for a first draft. I think the sole disappointment here, for me, is that you propose an interesting alternative at the end of your piece, but then don't explore it any further. I'm curious what it means to dissolve the current intellectual property regime.

I know you're limited on space, but I wonder if you could remove one or two of your examples and fill out the end of the essay. Some questions I had were (1) What does your proposed replacement regime look like?; (2) From a practical standpoint, how do you loosen the grip of Big Ag/Big Pharma, which today completely dominate the developing world?