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/Aggressive-Might-220 Mar 06 '25

Wheels on shoes? Scooters? Prosthetics that date back thousands of years ago? MY GOD WHEN WILL THE GOVERNMENT STOP HIDING AND KILLING ALL OF THESE AMAZING IDEAS.

My God if only we had shoe wheels.