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"the law of unintended consequences"

I am reading "something new under the sun" by JR McNeill. He tells the story of Thomas Midgly. Not only did this guy figure out that by adding lead to gasoline he could keep the engine from knocking, but he also created Freon as a substitute for other substances used in refrigeration. At some later point he contracted Polio and built a series of ropes and pulleys to allow him to get out of bed and function. They found him one day having been strangled by the mechanism.

McNeil claims that he...."had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in earth history." (p111)

Fascinating book.

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