Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

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They exist to make money not help humanity.

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Greenberg spent many years developing the technology while working at the Alfred Mann Foundation, a nonprofit organization that develops biomedical devices

EDIT: For those challenging what I am saying, I was speaking towards his motives, when I responded to this comment …

They exist to make money not help humanity.

I was challenging the notion that he did not care about humanity, and just wanted the money.

Its ok to want to help others AND make money doing it. (Unfortunately) We live in a society where money is needed to exist.

EDIT2: I'm all for open source.

“he spun off the company Second Sight with three cofounders in 1998”

The rest of the sentence from your quote. The company that put these implants into people was, from what I understand, indeed for profit.

Kind of hard to operate a company without also making money doing so. The two are not mutually exclusive to each other.

Non-profits, just like for-profits, need to keep revenue at or above expenditures. Just like for-profits they end up run by executives who prioritize bringing money in to sustain the bureaucracy over doing good.

Just like for-profits they end up run by executives who prioritize bringing money in to sustain the bureaucracy over doing good.

I'm going to push back against this part of your comment. You are making an assumption. You can do both, help Humanity AND make money (since we live in a society that requires money to exist).

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