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Ask a teenager these days about why privacy matters, and they will say it doesn't -- there is no privacy anymore.

But would you willingly put your credit cards out on a bulletin board, inviting anyone to buy stuff on your dime?

A couple weeks ago NPR's Planet Money and This American Life had some really great episodes about the broken patent system. These are great stories for people who don't understand why patents are a problem, but they overlooked a couple of crucial points.