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Wow good job, WSJ you picked up on a trend just about 10 years after it really heated up. In addition to being about 10 years late this is a really, really bad
by hristov 17y ago
Wow good job, WSJ you picked up on a trend just about 10 years after it really heated up.
In addition to being about 10 years late this is a really, really bad article about Tesla. It does not mention anything about his very substantial actual achievements but makes him sound like a crazy dreamer who did not achieve much but became a cult favourite because of how weird he is.
The article did not mention that Tesla developed the system which pretty much everyone in the world uses to get their electricity, or that almost all electricity made now is made using one of his motors, or that after a lengthy patent dispute the US courts determined that he was the actual inventor of radio transmission, etc.
Tesla's contributions have been at least as influential as those of Edison and likely more so.
- pvg 17y agoYou sure you read the article? "Tesla was a scientist and inventor who achieved fame and fortune in the 1880s for figuring out how to make alternating current work on a grand scale, electrifying the world. He created the first major hydroelectric dam, at Niagara Falls. He thrilled packed theaters with presentations in which he ran high voltage through his body to illuminate a fluorescent light in his hand. His inventions helped Guglielmo Marconi develop radio." Granted, the Tesla-cultism is a lot older than 10 years so the trend thing is just article-filler.
- sree_nair 17y agoI personaly consider tesla's invention have shaped/influenced our lives more than Edisons or any other scientists for that matter. I never knew much about Tesla through out my formal education in india and discovered about such a great scentist from the Move "Prestige". not the right way to know about a great scientist, but better than not knowing.