This quote, from the NY Times piece about Thomas Midgley... "Indeed, there may be no other single person in history who did as much damage to human health and the planet, all with the best of intentions as an inventor."
What painful irony. He was an inventor, not a dictator, conqueror or war lord.
This quote, from the NY Times piece about Thomas Midgley... "Indeed, there may be no other single person in history who did as much damage to human health and the planet, all with the best of intentions as an inventor."
What painful irony. He was an inventor, not a dictator, conqueror or war lord.
Technology affords immense leverage, for good and for bad.