An exercise in analogy
I can't help but notice in reading current commentary regarding the ongoing Patent Wars (and the dysfunctional patent system) that observers are constantly reaching for apocalyptic analogies to describe the events unfolding. Words like Detante, and ideas like Mutually Assured Destruction are offered with increasing frequency. Is this language not relevant? Or is it merely itself analogous to the cries of doomed passengers as the train they are riding rushes towards a gaping ravine. Will the train stop in time? I guess that it's just a matter of inertia...
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