Usually when inventors take off on flights of fancy regarding the implications of their inventions, they embarrass themselves. Witness Dean Kamen and his goofy

Usually when inventors take off on flights of fancy regarding the implications of their inventions, they embarrass themselves. Witness Dean Kamen and his goofy little scooter. Tesla is a whole different thing. Its not only fascinating to read how many things he foresaw, but also some of the things he predicted that still haven't happened and might. He was good at predicting both how devices would work and how they would effect society almost to the point where you start to wonder if he didn't invent that time machine after all and managed to keep it a secret.