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4 technologies that the inventors only regret

4 technologies that the inventors only regret

4 technologies that the inventors only regret

As a scientist who has managed to find something useful for humanity, it is certainly an extraordinary thing. If you become that kind of person, your name will remain engraved in the history of humanity. However, to be an inventor is to assume a great responsibility.

Because if the discovery is misused, the inventor becomes one of the makers.

And it turns out that this is true for a number of technology inventors who regret their discoveries. Here is a series of technologies that the inventor himself laments.


Atomic bomb

A physics professor named J. Robert Oppenheimer could be the person responsible for the death of many lives and considerable damage. The reason is the inventor of the atomic bomb. Of course, a few years after the publication of his conclusions, he felt regret and he should have the idea himself.

Oppenheimer was a member of the Manhattan Project, developer of the nuclear weapon in 1942. He himself took the main role there, to be dubbed the "father of the atomic bomb" in the following decades. At first, he was very enthusiastic and eager to develop this atomic bomb.

But over time, he apologized and left the Manhattan Project, saying goodbye to the current US president, Harry S. Truman, calling to have "dirty hands" for participating in the development of atomic bomb.


Plane

The planes are one of the best inventions of all time, because it is the best mode of transport for long-distance travel, even beyond the ocean.

The inventor was the Wright brothers, namely Orville and Wilbur. They both designed and built the Wright Flyer, which successfully completed the first continuous flight in history. This has made them popular, successful and recorded in history books as aircraft inventors. Wilbur, finally died just 9 years after the discovery of the plane. He was attacked by typhoid.

But from this point of view, it seems that Wilbur is actually the party that lies quietly. As Orville, testifies to the history of the development of the aircraft over the next three decades. At that time, planes were used to transport and drop bombs during the Second World War.

In his 1943 interview with the St. Louis Post, the war is contrary to the ideology of his invention. He just wanted his discoveries to bring peace, not damage and death.

Facebook

The CEO and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, himself has never regretted this discovery. Despite a lot of things going on, from many hoaxes that spread on this platform, and the scandal data leakage Cambridge Analytic happened last year.

But those who regret are actually the people around Zuck who participated in the development of this social media. Sean Parker, who works on Facebook from social media, is only a directory accessible to Harvard students.

Zuck admitted that Parker was a vital figure in the development of the Facebook platform to become a global social media. Parker has also brought many investors such as Peter Thiel to finance the development of Facebook.

However, Parker said in 2017 that Facebook has grown in popularity using "human psychological fragility". This is achieved through the "Like" button that seems to validate the greatness of photography, jokes, opinions, etc. posted on Facebook.

It also creates a dependency on Facebook, and the latter, called Facebook, wants to make people dependent on their platform an important goal. Parker himself claimed he was now a "social media skeptic" after seeing the impact of the latter on humanity.

Pop-up ads

Who does not know the pop-up ads? Of course, all know and never respond to this announcement with a positive feeling. The pop-up ads are really annoying, even the inventor himself, Ethan Zuckerman, hates him. Ethan had this kind of advertising idea in the 90s, while he was an employee of Tripod.com, programmer and designer.
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