Socrates, Galileo till date inventors are always short changed.
Story:
We all grew up listening to our parents tell us how talent, dedication and hard work would get us far in life. But the reality is that even if you go out and change the world, there’s no guarantee you’ll be rewarded for your efforts.
There have been plenty of people throughout history that made amazing contributions to modern culture and got precisely dick in return.
http://www.cracked.com/article/207_6-inventors-who-got-jack-shit-changing-modern-world/
