Maybe so, but I can't help but think it's the source of most human progress. Anyway, as I've always observed, Man is the only creature who will die for the sake of his ego.
But there’s a difference between those who work to develop something for others and those who just want fame, like the father of the “Balloon Boy” and all the nobodies who create MySpace pages and do a score of other things on the Internet just for fame and that have no redeeming value.
It is this latter type that I am referring to.