How did Nikola Tesla become so “dissed” in documented history?
Edison became the front-runner because he was a much better businessman than Tesla. Tesla’s career suffered because he was always more interested in the next experiment than in capitalizing on his existing inventions. He also might have done better if he had managed to get his ideas into shape to publish. Tesla’s reputation was further tarnished by the number of crackpots who falsely claimed to have rediscovered his secrets, leading many people to associate him with the crackpots. I recently saw a description of a device that could transmit power to all the handheld devices in your house. They said it worked by using high-frequency resonance coils – sounds a lot like Tesla’s technology on a small scale.
