Stupidity is like nuclear power.
It can be used for good or evil. The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvaldis claims to be trying to take over the world. When you have a bear that is already struggling with a toothache - avoid poking it in the eye with a stick. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.