Nikola Tesla
During my first year of middle-school, I was exposed to Nikola Tesla. After a week of playing with light bulbs and building make-shift, one-way switches, my first period science teacher escorted the class to the library, pushed to the side a dozen books about Thomas Edison, and retrieved one whose cover portrayed the face of a thin, dark-haired man. “Tesla is the reason ya’ll have Nintendo. Dude was a genius. Edison was just a cracker business man, mostly.” That teacher, whose name escapes me, spent the bulk of his adult life playing basketball for the Chicago Bulls. He learned to trash-talk during his time as a professional athlete and certainly had a way with words.
To this day, I’m amazed and saddened by the fact that, in the US, Telsa isn’t showcased the way that he deserved to be. I suppose that this is my contribution to the cause. Please watch it, my nine viewers, and spread the word.