I thought a lot about this during the past few days and it seems to me that we were talking about different things.

I was talking about the spreading of ideas and not the distribution of wealth or power.
And I still think that publishing patents accellerates the global distribution of ideas compared to companies not having this incentive to publish. In most cases it has nothing to do with dopamine but is a rational business decision.

Anyway, thanks for the discussion and sharing your thoughts.