Monsanto, like all companies, are simply striving to make a profit. If their ultimate goal was not to make money, they would not be around today. In training to run the company, the predominant objective is to create a well-oiled machine that is effective in both creating products that consumers desire and executing the plan in order to make the most efficient use of resources, in the end, making the largest profit possible for the company. Without experimentation and testing, where would we be today? Failing to take risks can lead to the stagnation of a technology and therefore a loss of possible benefits that could be reaped from what has been learned through the process of research and development of new technologies. Without the risk put forth by various scientists throughout history, we would be here today without the ability to vaccinate against some of the most deadly diseases, we would be using candles as our source of light, and we would be taking a horse to class instead of the car that we simply take for granted. Once seen as misguided science that altered with the course of nature and our well-defined system of living, these inventions are the saving graces, the necessities, of our lives today. GM crops may be seen as a similar technology not too far in the future.