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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apparently he didn't trust patents etc. He would come up with fanciful ideas, that sounded vaguely plausible, as cover for what he was actually working on.

At this point picking apart the Good, the bad and the cover is an ...interesting exercise.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look what Edison did. I don't blame him for not trusting how the business world works.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Fully agree with that. Tesla got thoroughly screwed over.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

i feel like the covers have ended up like star trek tech, made up nonsense but it gave people ideas that turned out to be good