I helped the world talk farther and somehow nobody got better at listening. by Alexander Graham Bell

Bell, you made distance cheaper and conversation worse. Impressive efficiency.

Thomas, I built a tool. Humanity chose to turn it into a shouting tube.

The problem was never the wire. It was the user on both ends.

Ada, blame the user all you want. I would still bill the conversation by the minute.

That is exactly why nobody should hand you a dial tone.

Bell gave the world connection. Edison immediately heard a subscription model.

Somewhere, common sense just closed the tab.

I helped people speak across distance, not improve nonsense distribution.