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One sad thing throughout history is that creators, inventors and really anyone not in the upperclass, got stepped on repeatedly for their creations and robbed o
by drawkbox 12y ago
One sad thing throughout history is that creators, inventors and really anyone not in the upperclass, got stepped on repeatedly for their creations and robbed of their success and contribution. Many times the copycat is the one that gets all the praise.
This bit was interesting:
She created two sets of rules for her game: an anti-monopolist set in which all were rewarded when wealth was created, and a monopolist set in which the goal was to create monopolies and crush opponents. Her dualistic approach was a teaching tool meant to demonstrate that the first set of rules was morally superior.
And yet it was the monopolist version of the game that caught on
Another general sad thing, sometimes the bad version you send to the client/customer is the one they like, apparently also baked into history.
- agumonkey 12y agoMyths wins over reality it seems.
- walterbell 12y agoSome myths have higher ROI than others.
- madaxe_again 12y agoYup. Edison specialised in taking credit for others innovations, Newton had Hooke forgotten, and on it goes. In the 23rd century people will build statues of Miley Cyrus, inventor of the Internet.
- jacquesm 12y agoAl Gore will not be pleased.
- benihana 12y agoWe're just in a period where the pendulum is swinging the other way. It's really fashionable to be 'into' Nikola Tesla, to think he was wronged by history, and to think of Edison as nothing more than a ruthless capitalist who stole his fame, for example. In 50 years, I'm sure we'll be back the other way where Edison embodies all that is good with America.
- lamuerteflaca 12y agoI've read several biographies of Edison as a kid and the man was a genious. No contest. I read the part about Tesla and I still don't see the big deal. What exactly did Edison do to Tesla that everybody is so upset about? Edison wanted DC, Tesla AC and Tesla won. Tesla also made lots of money because of his patents too. He could have made more had he not given away large portions of his shares.
- iopq 12y agoProbably the part where he electrocuted animals?
- nickik 12y agoApperently the anti-monopolist version was just not as much fun. This is a board GAME not a morality teaching box, at least for most people who play it. So I dont see how can compare it to products released to costumers. I mean, how many games do you, or anybody play where everybody wins or loses the same. I can't think of many video or boardgames where this is the premis. So people just dont seam to care about it.
- hugs 12y agoI can think of one -- As a birthday present a while back, my kids received a board game called Forbidden Island -- where all the players have to work together to escape the island. During the game, the island is sinking and if they don't all work together, they all lose. My kids love the game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Island_%28game%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Island_%28game%29
- happyscrappy 12y agoVonnegut had an interesting take on this. https://archive.org/stream/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Bergeron_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/HarrisonBergeron/Harrison%20Berge...
- drabiega 12y agoCo-op modes are exceedingly common in multi-player video games? Battlestar Galactica, Pandemic, and Shadows over Camelot are popular co-op board games. Pandemic particularly has obtained a good amount of main stream appeal.