The 150th anniversary of Telsa's birth was July 2006. Tesla was an outsider to scientific institutions, who single-handedly created the 20th Century by being solely responsible for the discovery of alternating current and radio. He wanted his ideas to be used for the benefit of all mankind, but was prevented from doing so by corporations of the day, who had a massive financial incentive to discredit and ignore him. Tesla was suggesting the internet over 100 years ago and discovered the technology that makes it possible. Why don't we learn about Tesla in school?
Is it because it's a perfect example of how hierarchical institutions and capitalist incentives prevent technological development that benefit the poor or threaten the wealthy? Tesla achieved much, but have we are still missing him. In the UK we standardised our electric grid to run at 50Hz in 1926 and we're still using the same technology.
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