[h=2]Another Monumental Oops for the History Books
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September 30, 2013
September 30, 2013
After reading an article on The Economist website entitled Kodak Moment, I realized that what we are going through right now in the E-cigarette industry is exactly what Kodak went through at the tail end of the advent of digital photography. Essentially, they missed the S.S. Megapixel by resting on their proverbial laurels. They also got caught with weapons-grade uranium (seriously, Google it!), but thats another story altogether. When they finally realized what had happened, they were forced to downsize considerably and fervently search for a new avenue of revenue. As a metaphor for the E-cigarette industrys current position, Kodak is the Anti-tobacco Movement, which has become almost (and most certainly in their won eyes) too big to fail. So, instead of adapting to the new technology, thus avoiding another history-making Oops, they are fighting tooth and nail against inevitable change that is taking place whether they like it or not. This reminds me of Danny DeVitos Buggy-Whip speech at the climax of Other Peoples Money (Netflix it!). Some company, somewhere, probably made the best damn buggy-whips in the world. But along comes Henry Ford, and theyre out of business, despite the pride in their work, the selflessness in their adamancy. Here is a short list of regretful (and occasionally humorous) Oops moments in science, technology, and medicine that will soon include one more item if the ANTZ, FDA, WHO, EU, and so many other supposed health organizations dont get with the times right quick:
- In the 5th Century B.C., famed Ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates, said that the practice of writing would undoubtedly make people forgetful and lazy. Although Im a huge fan of the first of the three great Greek philosophers, everyone can be wrong occasionally, and Socrates certainly was in this instance.
- Once upon a time, doctors routinely sliced through the gums of infants in order to allow their first set of teeth to come in hence the expression cutting teeth. Obviously this practice has been abandoned as completely unsafe, but you try to tell that to a stuffy, humorless doctor back as recently as the mid-to-late 19th century and see how far you get.
- The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives. -This gem poured out of the sceptical lips of... (Click here to read the rest of the article.)
