blame
Slashdot informed me of a Microsoft announcement that states they have invented a new type of disposable DVD. This may sound exciting to some, and especially to the people that will benefit in redmond, but it made my chest feel compressed. The thought of hundreds of millions of disposable DVD's flooding the world, trash, and landfills; not to mention the resources used to produce them and the packaging that they come in, blech.
I wonder if the inventors have had any thoughts about the waste that their invention will create.
To the inventors:
Couldn't you have used the obvious creative problem solving abilities you have to improve the world slightly with this product instead of just adding yet another disposable piece of plastic to litter the ground?
Maybe you could look at some sunflower sprouting cell phones for some inspiration?
Being in the position you are in you figure that you could convince management that it would be a good idea to put some thought into the obvious problem your wasteful invention contributes to. Or are you so weak that you felt your life depended following orders without any objection?
You know it's all too often that we just blame the large corporation, but I think we need to start blaming who's truly at fault...the people doing the work. Just because you work for a company doesn't mean you have to blindly follow orders. If you have the capacity to invent something like a disposable DVD, then I'm sure you posess more than enough brain power to know it's obvious implications.
Posted by christopher andersson on October 4, 2005 9:27 PM Permalink