I'm suffering cognitive dissonance here. This is Nathan Myhrvold of "Intellectual Ventures" fame, right? Given that the state has granted him many, many intellectual monopolies, what gives him the brass to complain about styming innovation? Monopolies are widely regarded (in conventional, fact-based economics) as caps on innovation.<p>This seems more than a little bit hypocritical. One has to speculate that either Myhrvold feels his monopolies threatened by whatever is subsidized, or he feels he's not getting his "fair" share of the subsidy money.