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Just watched a documentary on the original Tesla (Nikola). Got me wondering if Elon isn't actually a bit like him. A genius, but after his big home run with alt
by ams6110 8y ago
Just watched a documentary on the original Tesla (Nikola). Got me wondering if Elon isn't actually a bit like him. A genius, but after his big home run with alternating current, Tesla became obsessed with wilder and wilder ideas that were impractical if not outright insane. He died alone and broke living in a hotel room.
- sidcool 8y agoNikola Tesla was never a billionaire. Even of all of Elon's companies go bust, he'll not die broke.
- jjeaff 8y agoExcept one of Elon's gifts is marketing and selling. Rocket boosters are a brilliant way to stay in the media and on top of everyone's mind.
- salawat 8y agoTesla saw the world in a fundamentally different way to his contemporaries. In a time of bankers and businessmen, he was a brilliant engineer and inventor. His "impractical" ideas were often labelled as such because Tesla wasn't interested in making a business except as a means to an end. That end being "free power". I don't see Elon as a parallel to Tesla, if anything, I see him as Edison reborn. The irony is palpable of course seeing as that creates a worldview where even in reincarnation, Edison is milking Tesla for all he's worth.