r/BeAmazed • u/Mr_CaptainCringe • Mar 05 '25

History Are we truly living in the future?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

Alot of patents and inventions get bought and "Vaulted" by the government or Corporations if it would mean they lose profit. Great ideas forever hidden, just so some fat cat doesn't lose revenue or gain competition.

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u/iovercomesadness Mar 05 '25

This is the saddest thing I've read today. Because it's 100% true. Greed is to blame for stagnant tech development

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u/Jumpy_Instruction_73 Mar 06 '25

why do you think all these miracle cancer breakthroughs seem to constantly just disappear.

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u/Introvert_PC Mar 06 '25

Cancer is actually an interesting one because there are so many types of cancer that work in different ways, that solving all of them with one cure is pretty much impossible. A lot of them would be like calling radiation therapy a cure. Sure, it works on some cancers, sometimes.

Edit: another point I meant to add, it's about the same reason we can't really cure or eradicate the flu.