Time Magazine has compiled a list of the 50
worst inventions ever.
In my line of work I get to
see some pretty cool new things. And some not so cool. Though sometimes
the things that make the most money are the simplest and most unexciting.
But
nothing I've dealt with is as crappy or plain dangerous as some of
these inventions.
For example, you have to wonder at what
point it seemed like a good idea to fill a blimp with a flammable gas
and then transport people with it.
Agent Orange, Asbestos and Sub-Prime Mortgages are also pretty awful things, and few would disagree.
And the Comfort Wipe is just wrong for so many reasons.
Friday, June 4, 2010
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The reason the Hindenburg was full of hydrogen was because the only country that manufactured commercial ammounts of helium in 1937 - the United States - wouldn't sell it to Hitler.
ReplyDeleteOf course, today the Americans would have taken advantage of a massive Nazi subsidy to build the world's only helium factory in Berlin, on the grounds that "engagement" would bring democracy back to Germany.
Add Auckland based talk back radio to that list.
ReplyDeleteSlightly off-topic perhaps, but can you believe there's such a thing as the National Helium Reserve in Texas, which holds over a billion cubic feet of helium gas (according to Wikipedia).
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