Interesting example: you are arguing government is the problem. In what way is eye surgery is regulated less than dentistry?

On the other hand laser technology has hugely improved in the past couple of decades. Much of it thanks to publically funded research.

Science and technology has lifted lives out of dirt and poverty, not abstract 'enterpreneurship'. Our Nobel prise winners do not become businesmen, and do not die billionairs. They give away fruits of their labour in public reports, they keep no IP or patents.