If observed well, now is a time almost all geopolitical issues are tied to intellectual property/ownership rights and associated conflicts. Reciprocity adjustments causing much friction between nations including wars. Many are, kind of forgetting roots in that sense. Think of a person or nation that took in all know-how of the world then refraining themself to share the knowledge accumulated or assuming it's their own. When such happens system start to forcefully distributing things which is refrained or even destroy what's being held in many ways. Humorous thought, sometime upon such arguments make me feel what is the corpses could speak to us? Dead from origin/ancient civilizations till the reign of kings and emperors or even animals or birds or plants could argue on intellectual property? And I'm sure it will, if such extreme scenarios call for that. It's kept like the gravity which cannot be erased by anyone, if only the System like I mentioned previously. Also, we have trained to believe in an imaginary world where people believe in 'Free to Use' or 'Favors'. Imagine a world where if a stranger asks for food it's given by the next person or asks for a car it's given for free instead without preconditions whatsoever and so on. "Whatever Yours is Mine" would be hard fact to be accepted with for any human, hence System always reciprocates/trades with something to balance every transaction. From the very fundamental human emotions to the largest economic disruptions or even conflicts/wars we see today. In today's world a realist would say a free glass of water or food taken assumes loyalty which is observed to be true. What if someone assumes it as a right, would be the counter argument. Then it comes down to the generic valuation of things. Eggs for Mangos not Aircrafts kind of arguments as per the concept of owning things. Would a mother or all mothers could trade her/their new born babies for puppies? Such serious thoughts are factored in before enforcing such designs as humanity is taken into consideration.
Like I mentioned many times in past, I'm an admirer of how World is being perfectly equated even with imperfections of today due to mere lack of knowledge. Knowing it gives the confidence to move ahead with aspiration for perfection that would be otherwise impossible to imagine. Interestingly when I see today's technology landscape like wireless charging, fuel cell engines, brain computer interfaces so and so forth, I happen to believe we are mere ants living on a giant magnet called earth which was surrounded by invisible EEG, MEG, fMRI machines or something of that sort placed beyond our reach, like in planet Jupiter or Sun protecting and preserving Earth or from a wider part of galaxy connected to a giant brain. Or it could be a God or an Alien sitting in clouds still does age old barter system watching us over every action or thought probabilities assigning numbers. Again the question I ask myself that, is it really relevant how it is done knowing it cannot be found unless it wanted to be. Acknowledging or honoring its purpose has a meaning beyond our curiosity, I guess. Or just one silly excuse to hold myself or anyone from such knowledge or not wanting to be the person curiously waiting for the right time for it to be revealed. It could be waiting for generations, as many already have. Often true wisdom and ego are not allowed to occupy same body.