
5: Nikola Tesla & The Paradox of Genius
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The Prodigal Inventor, John O'Neill
John o'neil: Tesla's great oversight was that he neglected to invent a device for making the unlimited quantities of money. He says an individual with his ability could have made millions out of each of tesla's minor inventions. O'neil continues: When it became apparent that tesla was in financial difficulties, many who had assumed morgan was financially involved were disillusioned when specific inquiries revealed that the great financier held no interest whatever in the enterprise. And so with money to live, but no money to continue his world wireless system, tesla had to make the regrettable decision to move forward with other projects.
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