Thread: Segway listed as #1 on list of 50 worst inventions.
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Re: Segway listed as #1 on list of 50 worst inventions.
This list is entertainment, folks. Just like those lists that rank "The Top 50 Schools in the Nation", it's there to entertain and amuse readers long enough that they might buy the magazine or see a few more online ads.

And it succeeds.

In fact, I thought it was a pretty funny list, and reasonably well reserached. It containing some inventions that had unintended consequences, some that really are evidence that militant dolphins will one day rise up and outsmart us all, and others that were simply incredibly overhyped.

The Segway has to be one of the highest ranking inventions of all time when it comes to the hype to impact ratio.

Thanks for pointing me to this entertaining list... I'd love to invent something that gains sufficient popular momentum to make it on a list like this!

Jason
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