Much Madness Is Divinest Sense

When I first read "Much madness is divinest sense", I most definitely missed some of the incredible universal themes that it speaks to. It actually reminded me of a story I was introduced to recently about some new technology in the energy field. Apparently, a little known inventor, Stan Meyers, invented an engine which ran on nothing but water and got an incredible 150 miles per gallon. He put this motor in a dune buggy and successfully drove many hundreds of miles in the machine. However, numerous executives and tycoons in the oil industry got wind of his invention and sought to silence him in any way possible. Meyers claims he was offered over one billion dollars from an Arabian oil tycoon to destroy the plans. Meyers refused and continued to refine his invention. A short while later he realized that he could successfully sell a fifteen hundred dollar kit that could change any gasoline powered motor into a hydrogen powered motor. At this point oil and car companies alike approached him about his plans, yet Meyers was adament about sharing his invention with the world. He was later found dead in his home; his inventions stolen. Now, regardless of whether or not Meyers inventions worked or not, which according to some basic physics principals seem impossible, the nation is deprived of perhaps the greatest discovery of the technological age. While this may seem like some wild conspiracy and in fact in might be, it's surely depressing to know that people are so generally adverse to making life easier. Honestly, it isn't even people in general holding back technologies like this from coming along, it's the money hungry CEOs of these giant corporations like Exxon and Mobil. Adversity towards new inventions is nothing new in the world, yet it seems to me that with so many mistakes made in this same area over the course of human history, people would learn to at least try new ideas in the pursuit of striding towards a better life

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