Donn James
I’m a big fan of capitalism even as I see it running amok through the world. Capitalism is why I’m allowed to do this and, at some point, is even the reason I have clean underwear. That said I’m also in favor of us all becoming more selfless because lately it seems we have just invented problems that don’t exist to invent solutions we don’t need. How badly did we need a ‘motion sensor’ paper towel dispenser in the gas station bathroom? Was it just too difficult for the general population to figure out the directions to do it manually? Couldn’t we just have printed the instructions on the towel holder? Step 1. Grab paper towel. Step 2. PULL. That’s really about it. Couldn’t the inventor’s time be better spent curing something? I can now unlock my car and start it from the comfort of my bed but I have to mainline a Z-Pac and live in a sweat lodge just to keep a cold from turning into pneumonia. How badly do we need the vice grip on our toothpaste so we can squeeze out every last dollop of goo that we just end up spitting in our sink? I’ve got this funny looking mole so how about we work a little harder on melanoma?
Like many of you I’m cool with the wheel, fire, electricity and every time I think of the Donner Party chewing on their neighbor’s arm, I’m happy we invented planes so I don’t get my covered wagon stuck in a bad part of town but these inventions were need-based and not profit-oriented like so much of the crap we now find on sale at Amazon. The first people who came upon fire had just learned to walk upright and they were tired of saber-toothed tiger tartare. And they didn’t do it for the money since they were still trying to invent the loincloth and most Neanderthals were still trying to bring down a T-Rex with a rock. Inventing the wheel was an even bigger deal because about 6,000 years ago we invented metal chisels and saws and started to build communities so we could all stop being gypsies but it didn’t occur to us to use part of the tree to carry the damned tree. The wheel was actually the most difficult invention when you consider that we hadn’t even invented things as simple as the toothbrush, deodorant or color film. Once they figured out how to cut a chunk of the tree trunk for a wheel, they realized without an axle all they had was a cute coffee table so they had to invent the axle. From there things went quickly and they invented the wheelbarrow which made the guy following the circus through town very happy. Since electricity is energy and nobody invented it and instead focused on harnessing it, it may not qualify here and none reading this or writing this even understand why it works, I’ll just mention that we’re all happy because it led to flashlights and the NFL network.
I think we would all be better served if people inventing spray-on tans, spray-on hair and banana slicers would be more selfless and invented things that elevated us as people. Geez, how incapable are you if you can’t slice a banana without a trip to the emergency room? New inventions and new testing would help us all advance because I’d like to visit a doctor’s office without having to turn my head and cough.
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