PBS Tesla: Master of Lightning I think Edison effectively made him appear like a crazy person and erased everything he could but history has proven Tesla superior to Edison simply for the fact we are using his technology right now. His death was suspicious.
Going to have to politely push back on this assessment.
You're right that Tesla gets far more credit than he deserves (the internet seems to think he invented literally everything prior to the iPhone), but he's still a pioneer in a wide range of fields of electrical phenomenon-- calling him a douchey celebrity isn't exactly intellectually honest given how many useful patents his name is on.
You're also right that he didn't invent AC- he first witnessed an AC dynamo as a kid, which inspired and fascinated him to pursue electrical engineering. He's credited with inventing the squirrel cage motor, which enabled AC power generation on a mass scale. Though not the same thing, also hardly nothing.
He ripped off some of the world's wealthiest financiers to chase his passion projects, unlike Elon who takes tax dollars to sneakily usher in the chains for our technological panopticon while posting edgy tweets. Was Tesla a giant douche? Probably, honestly. But not even the same species of douche as Elon.
PBS Tesla: Master of Lightning I think Edison effectively made him appear like a crazy person and erased everything he could but history has proven Tesla superior to Edison simply for the fact we are using his technology right now. His death was suspicious.
Going to have to politely push back on this assessment.
You're right that Tesla gets far more credit than he deserves (the internet seems to think he invented literally everything prior to the iPhone), but he's still a pioneer in a wide range of fields of electrical phenomenon-- calling him a douchey celebrity isn't exactly intellectually honest given how many useful patents his name is on.
You're also right that he didn't invent AC- he first witnessed an AC dynamo as a kid, which inspired and fascinated him to pursue electrical engineering. He's credited with inventing the squirrel cage motor, which enabled AC power generation on a mass scale. Though not the same thing, also hardly nothing.
He ripped off some of the world's wealthiest financiers to chase his passion projects, unlike Elon who takes tax dollars to sneakily usher in the chains for our technological panopticon while posting edgy tweets. Was Tesla a giant douche? Probably, honestly. But not even the same species of douche as Elon.