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[–] LordOfLocksley 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Edison didn't invent shit. He just had a big mouth and sold other people's ideas

[–] TrickDacy 5 points 1 week ago

Steve Jobs' hero

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is false. Here's an exhaustively researched 4.5 hour video on the topic if you're interested in what Edison was really like (an incredibly hard worker who was much kinder to his employees than was usual for the time, and who changed inventing from an art into a science).