Is there a reason we almost never hear of “great inventors” anymore, but rather the companies and the CEOs said inventions were made under?

Question

Is there a reason we almost never hear of “great inventors” anymore, but rather the companies and the CEOs said inventions were made under?

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Answer 1

Interestingly, this seems to have been a thing historically too. When I lived in South Korea, the people there often used to tell me that King Sejong (1418–1450) invented their ‘alphabet’ (hanguel) and records say as such. It’s assumed that it wasn’t him *personally* though, but various scholars. A lot of other inventions from a lower class associate of his are commonly attributed to him too, such as a water clock, but the records do show it wasn’t him.