@borisschapira @BartWronski this might be true, but it is not obviously so: if you look at the effort spent "making the thing" and compare that to the effort spent "monetizing the thing", "competing with others who are making the same thing", etc, in some cases there is an enormous amount of effort wasted on the latter.

Capitalism is/was a strong motivator for "innovation", but if you take away capitalism you need much less of it to achieve the same effect.