Inventing the Future: Victorian Era Inventors and their Influence on Modern Tech Titans

Exploring how inventors in the late 19th century imagined the future as a place to be colonized, the chapter discusses the self-promotion and hype surrounding inventors like Nikola Tesla and their relevance to modern-day tech titans like Elon Musk. It emphasizes the importance of collective labor and serves as a cautionary tale for today's disruptors to avoid overestimating their ability to bring about change alone.