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Thomas Edison is perhaps the best counterexample, especially as compared to Tesla. Edison won exactly because he was willing to be very mean. http://www.amazon
by robg 12y ago
Thomas Edison is perhaps the best counterexample, especially as compared to Tesla. Edison won exactly because he was willing to be very mean.
http://www.amazon.com/Topsy-Startling-Crooked-Elephant-American/dp/0802119042 http://www.amazon.com/Topsy-Startling-Crooked-Elephant-Ameri...
- Agathos 12y agoEdison lost the War of the Currents, which is what he killed the elephant for. The whole episode was bizarre, and I'd file it under "unhinged" instead of "mean." Was he born like that, or did his early successes turn him into a stubborn, crazy old man?