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This could be the next big thing(s). No proof, but I developed something many years ago and shared it on a futaba board. From what I was able to surmise, some kid went and shared the idea with his father, who was an engineer working in the field of optics, and his father spun around, patented it, and has been reaping the profits ever since.
Obviously, when he did this, he never disclosed that he got the idea from his son, who got it from some anonymous board. Not surprising at all… What was a bit surprising was the number of people who were naysayers who essentially said that this technology had no marketable application and that no one had any need for it, and even tried to poke holes in the technical viability of what was a comparatively simple technology, something which felt like gaslighting to me.
We can always count on people to be greedy, and we can always count on the vast majority of people not to be able to recognize brilliant ideas that are ahead of their time.
What is it that people need most? Clean water, electrical power, and perhaps one day, propulsion systems based on the modified magneton concept that can accelerate spacecraft to relativistic velocities… Not to mention the ability to see the future.
This is why the chan archives are so important; we could be dealing with Da Vinci's notebook here. Given the ephemeral nature of postings and even whole websites, we must take steps to preserve ideas like this which are likely decades ahead of their time.
That's priority number one along with getting the information to the right people. However, I think we should also make it a priority to emphasize that this would not have been possible without free speech platforms that allow people to share knowledge without fear of censorship or reprisal, given that this is one of the last places left that gives people that ability.