RE: A tale of modern world starts with... NIKOLA TESLA (part 1)
Such an interesting subject. There IS a lot to learn of Tesla. You might be surprised to learn that I have visited his legacy a time or two myself.
Part of the problem with his discoveries and their acceptance is the business climate at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th. The robber barons had mostly had their way with the American Railroad System. Carnegie, for all his good works at the beginning and end of his professional life was as ruthless and greedy as a man can be. Edison was a legitimate star of inventions and an American Icon and apparently liked the Rockstar lifestyle.
Not that Tesla was without backers. Westinghouse cashed in nicely on the (obviously right) choice of AC. Westinghouse himself (aot his company) was not above aggrandizing and taunting the competition. And he was a blood thirsty mega capitalist, too.
So throw possibly the most brilliant man of his time into this mix and it's going to leave a mark. Tesla's treatment by all the above was shameful and beyond greedy.
Sigh. Another one of those 'what if' moments in history. What if those men would have chosen the good of humanity over the race to be the richest?
I love this post, and SERIOUSLY look forward to the rest of the series. Thank you Petra, for a post that means something.
It was a difficult time for him to live in with his mind focused on progress and the mind of Edison towards money, it was a constant battle where he was a much bigger person in that conflict. He never lowered himself down to Edisons level while Edison went to great lengths to ridicule Tesla. I am glad you enjoyed the post. There is much more to come. Thank you for your lovely and valuable contribution to this subject by such a great comment. 💚
Edison never really did any big inventions himself, he hired a team of inventors and whenever someone came up with a goo idea then Edison slapped his name on that idea. Tesla as smarter then that. He did all his own inventions, and really knew how things worked.
But that is life, it's how it's been and how it will always be, Tesla was the brains behind a lot of great inventions but the vultures erased him out of history.
Like they say,
There's a lot to learn from his mistakes though.
@zen-art keep doing what you do, looking forward to the next one.
Yes there is. He was a scientist first, Edison was firstly a businessman and the science came in second place. Now we have people at institutes that help with funding and marketing and some scientist even go to classes that help them learn how to present and/or market their work. No money means no research.