"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward
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Yeah, it's weird how history works. I'd like to read more about these two guys and how Edison wound up on top. I wonder if personality had anything to do with it. OR maybe it was a case of knowing the right people.
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Also Edison was a bit of a lying bastard, and killed puppies and an elephant to try to discredit Tesla.
Edison was clever, but Tesla was a bona fide genius - not just a decade ahead of his time, but half a century or even a century ahead of his time.
In the end, although Tesla's technology prevailed in every respect, Edison was more financially successful, so ended up writing the history books.
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