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Edison was a capitalist manager and salesman, not much of an inventor. How much value he created vs extracted is up for debate.
by tamana 11y ago
Edison was a capitalist manager and salesman, not much of an inventor.
How much value he created vs extracted is up for debate.
- WalterBright 11y agoNot much of an inventor? Read Josephson's biography "Edison". http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Biography-Matthew-Josephson/dp/0471548065/ http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Biography-Matthew-Josephson/dp/... You'll be astonished. There's never been anyone else remotely as prolific an inventor. He pretty much invented the electric power industry. The value of that is almost incalculable. It's hard to see how that is "extractive". Could you name who you consider a real inventor?