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Hearing from the leaders of the tech world is always revealing, and very often surprising. In our second annual Silicon Valley Insiders Poll, a panel of 101 executives, innovators, and thinkers weigh in on some of the biggest technological, political, and cultural questions of the moment.
So when we ran an unscientific poll of leaders and thinkers in tech, we had to ask: Which technology do you wish you could un-invent? What innovation do you think should go "back in the box" and be banished forever?
The two winning responses were: selfie sticks and nuclear weapons.
But let's go through some runners-up first.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/what-would-you-un-invent/413818/
Which inventions would Soylentils like to un-invent?
(Score: 3, Informative) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Friday November 06 2015, @11:56AM
Walled gardens, paywalls, and DRM are technologies which impede progress by restricting the exchange of information.
(E-mail me if you want a pizza roll!)
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Friday November 06 2015, @12:58PM
I disagree.
When I see a "Blu-ray" box in my supermarket's DVD grab bin, its blue-coloured edge gives me a signal: "this product is not for you". And then I can safely ignore it.
When I see that a newspaper has a paywalled article, I say: "fine." Everybody happy, right?
If producers don't really want to sell something to you, you don't really have to buy it, either.
I make an exception for DVDs because I can play them with VLC. If they ever sell me a DVD that I can't play, I'll return it to the shop for a refund, as it is defective.