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Catmull reminds me of Fritz Haber [1] in that he both invented amazingly useful tech. while being an absolutely horrible human being. [1] https://en.wikipedia.
by ur-whale 7y ago
Catmull reminds me of Fritz Haber [1] in that he both invented amazingly useful tech. while being an absolutely horrible human being.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber
- medecau 7y agoAre you comparing chemical-warfare to wage-fixing?
- aspaceman 7y agoProbably the systematic sexual harassment he enabled at Pixar is the thing being compared to. Dude’s a shithead in more ways than one.
- jansan 7y agoFritz Haber is such a tragic character. Saved the world from hunger by inventing the process for ammonium fertilizer, helped to kill thousands by being a central figure in building up German chemical weapons for WWI, tried to extract gold from seawater to pay Germany's WWI debt but of course failed. He was a huge patriot, but being a Jew, he had to go on exile to England, where he died.
- mikhailfranco 7y agoA nod to the graciousness of England, not just for accepting him as a refugee, but for those former military enemies and chemical warfare competitors, who actively helped him by offering a position at Cambridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber#Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber#Death