Discussion Question

If someone discovers a cure for the common cold, should he or she hide it to protect the jobs of all the people who work in the huge cold-medicine industry? Identify reasons why so many people react negatively to advances in technology that eliminates some jobs. A person who finds something important to human life such as a cure for the common cold should make it public so that everyone benefits from it. Hiding it would protect the jobs of those who work in the cold-medicine industry, but that is a minority when compared to the billions of people in the world who would benefit from this cure. People react negatively to the advances in technology because they threaten jobs, and in economic times like these that is one of the most important things.