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Edison was better than Tesla in every way

• h2odragon 5y ago
  > But we must be honest about Tesla; he was a semi-broken weirdo who needed a Westinghouse to bring discipline to his researches and make money. That was the appeal of his story to me; and a reason to try being more socially effective. "What could he have done if he'd been a better communicator?" The inspirational parts of so many of our idols' stories depend on their flaws, which is one reason (I think) it's become so important to modern society that they be torn down over those flaws. Heroes can't be human anymore.