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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture β€” and dreams up an entirely new field of physics β€” Dec. 29, 1959 - Live Science

Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture β€” and dreams up an entirely new field of physics β€” Dec. 29, 1959 - Live Science

In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades.

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Feynman's vision, hijacked by capitalist machinery, turns nanotechnology from a dream of scientific progress into another tool for the elite to deepen the trenches of inequality. The potential for revolutionary advancements in health and technology is there, but under the thumb of corporate greed, it's just another way to exploit workers and concentrate wealth. It's a glaring example of how the fruits of scientific labor are co-opted by those in power, leaving the masses gasping for crumbs from the high table of innovation.

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