PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoJerry Lawson, father of the video game cartridge, USA, 1982lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down10
arrow-up1230arrow-down1imageJerry Lawson, father of the video game cartridge, USA, 1982lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·13 hours agoI haven’t read his bio, but I knee-jerk get sad seeing these pioneers because whenever I read more about them they often include something like: “Despite the huge popularity of Thing They Created, they received no royalties and died in poverty.” The unsaid part is that someone else got rich off their genius. Every time, it makes me want to join the communist party.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoCapitalism has taken so much from society that it is impossible to quantify.
I haven’t read his bio, but I knee-jerk get sad seeing these pioneers because whenever I read more about them they often include something like:
“Despite the huge popularity of Thing They Created, they received no royalties and died in poverty.”
The unsaid part is that someone else got rich off their genius. Every time, it makes me want to join the communist party.
Capitalism has taken so much from society that it is impossible to quantify.