About this episode
David and Rachel discuss an inventor whose innovations had some highly unintended consequences.
People in this episode
Hosts: David, Rachel
Topics covered
- invention
- unintended consequences
- innovation
- environmental impact
- history
Keywords
- Thomas Midgley Jr
- invention
- unintended consequences
- innovation
- environmental impact
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