Humanity very rarely realizes the impact of world-changing information technologies when they are first conceived. For the past 5,000 years, it’s often the inventors’ force of optimism, combined with sweat and blood, that has powered innovation through the haters of the day.
Image: The great Nikola Tesla died financially broke
To read the original article: 3 'trivial' inventions that ended up changing the world | VentureBeat | Science | by Gregory Ferenstein
