By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026Process knowledge is more important than "IP" (just try creating a vaccine from a set of instructions *without* the skilled technicians who have already spent years executing similar projects), but process knowledge is spread out amongst workers and *can't* be abstracted away by their bosses. 24/ 2246
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026Your boss can make you sign a contract assigning all your copyrights and patents to the business, but if you and your team quit your job, all that "IP" will plummet in value without the people who know how to *mobilize* it: pluralistic.net/2025/09/08/p... 25/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Fingerspitzengefühl (08 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1162
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/04/2026"IP" isn't just "you treasure what you measure" - it's also "you measure what you treasure." Recently, I hit on a positively *delightful* Tumblr post that illustrated the importance of process knowledge, and the way that bosses systematically undervalue it: www.tumblr.com/explorerrowa... 26/tumblr.comReblog by @explorerrowan · 4 images💬 6 🔁 39138 ❤️ 50075 1256