Envy Impedes Good Ideas

Triumph of the Nerds shows how Steve Wozniak in the weekly “home-brew computer” meetings eagerly shared computer design ideas with classmates and friends.  However, people aren't always as eager as Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, to share ideas. In a world of legal patents and jealous business competition, we have all observed people covetously guard their ideas fearing that someone might steal it. People who are driven by such fears may have some success, but it is my opinion that those who share their ideas liberally, like Steve Wozniak, are those who achieve the greatest of all success.