Question: does Thomas Edison get a bad rap these days? It seems to be accepted wisdom on Reddit, at least, that he was little more than a con man who invented nothing but took credit for the work of *actual* geniuses like Nikola Tesla.
I have no doubt the heroic picture of him we had for years was heavily airbrushed, but I feel like this new portrayal of him as a villain is just as oversimplified.
Question: does Thomas Edison get a bad rap these days? It seems to be accepted wisdom on Reddit, at least, that he was little more than a con man who invented nothing but took credit for the work of *actual* geniuses like Nikola Tesla.
I have no doubt the heroic picture of him we had for years was heavily airbrushed, but I feel like this new portrayal of him as a villain is just as oversimplified.
One of my favourite comics, Atomic Robo, took these obsessions of Edison's and turned him into a quasi-villain in the series as a result of them.
https://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v4ch4-cover