The big giant tesla tower that was supposed to give free wireless electricity was never gonna happen cause of how electricity works and less so capitalism and Tesla tends to be mythologized a lot more than he should have been. He was still a smart dude and got screwed but yeah, not quite the dude cracked.com may have you think.
I mean yeah but imagine if the capitalist world had been saddled with shitty DC generators while the Soviet Union got a head start building out AC infrastructure.
I really like Kathy, but I think the electrical engineering Tesla did was sometimes quite need and experimental work is good. Steinmetz for example was also more a practitioner and still influenced a ton of electric infrastructure.
The big giant tesla tower that was supposed to give free wireless electricity was never gonna happen cause of how electricity works and less so capitalism and Tesla tends to be mythologized a lot more than he should have been. He was still a smart dude and got screwed but yeah, not quite the dude cracked.com may have you think.
Oh wow I haven’t commented with “that’s a GalaxyBrain take” in a while.
I always have to ask, in good way or bad way?
Edit: imma go with good cause of the capitalization.
The ambiguity is what makes it fun.
I'm pretty smart, so imma go with gud
cracked.com, now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time
I mean yeah but imagine if the capitalist world had been saddled with shitty DC generators while the Soviet Union got a head start building out AC infrastructure.
He didn't invented Alternatong Current nor did he advocate for it against Edison.
https://youtu.be/6331JXvOUGY
Are you telling me that The Oatmeal lied!? :surprised-pika:
Truly no institution is uncompromised by the massive influence of Tesla'a Lack of an Estate, Cause Volcel
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He was a ln electrical pioneer and a really fuckingnsmart dude. He just wasn't the Messiah.
I really like Kathy, but I think the electrical engineering Tesla did was sometimes quite need and experimental work is good. Steinmetz for example was also more a practitioner and still influenced a ton of electric infrastructure.