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Cyberpunk dystopia (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/facepalm@lemmy.world

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Apparently, some politician tried to shutdown the patent office in the nineteenth century because "everything that can be invented has been invented."

edit: no need for "I" there.

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