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Are you suggesting Edison would have invented everything he did if he wasn't allowed to get rich? You chose an extremely funny example if that's what you're try
by smeeth 3y ago
Are you suggesting Edison would have invented everything he did if he wasn't allowed to get rich? You chose an extremely funny example if that's what you're trying to say.
Edison was famous for caring about money more than other inventors. One of his most famous quotes was “Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.” The guy helped found some of the largest companies of his era and died as one of the richest men in the world.
- tsimionescu 3y ago> Are you suggesting Edison would have invented everything he did if he wasn't allowed to get rich? Who said anything about not being allowed to get rich? 10s of millions of dollars is rich by any measure.
- kuratkull 3y agoSo he would have stopped after 10% (random ratio) of his inventions. Or probably not started at all if there was a cap he knows he would reach very quickly.
- jayd16 3y agoAnd even so his net worth was not near billions in today's dollars. Seems like being uber rich isn't necessary to achieve those things.