Philo T. Farnsworth was said to have had noble intentions when he invented the television. He wanted it to be to used as a tool to educate and inform people about different cultures and lifestyles.
Lol. So much for that.
So yeah, according to his family, the guy pretty much regretted ever inventing the damn thing and didn't even let his kids watch it.
I imagine that a conversation like this took place sometime in the mid 30s.
"I want this device to be used to educate our society and come to understand other cultures"
"Meh... F*ck that, lets use it for marketing, propaganda and creating a new genre of entertainment where people get to do idiotic things for large sums of money."
And thus, the TV industry was born.
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