Kathy Joseph

And then once they're near us, we transform them down so that they're safe to deal with or safer to deal with.

And then once they're near us, we transform them down so that they're safe to deal with or safer to deal with.

What's amazing to me is how many scientists became sort of philosophers about electricity. Now that we have electricity, people can work for 20 hours a day and only need four hours of sleep, and won't that be wonderful? I'm like, no, that sounds horrible. But they thought they could tell they were transforming their world. And sometimes they had weird flights of fancy about what that would mean.

What's amazing to me is how many scientists became sort of philosophers about electricity. Now that we have electricity, people can work for 20 hours a day and only need four hours of sleep, and won't that be wonderful? I'm like, no, that sounds horrible. But they thought they could tell they were transforming their world. And sometimes they had weird flights of fancy about what that would mean.

What's amazing to me is how many scientists became sort of philosophers about electricity. Now that we have electricity, people can work for 20 hours a day and only need four hours of sleep, and won't that be wonderful? I'm like, no, that sounds horrible. But they thought they could tell they were transforming their world. And sometimes they had weird flights of fancy about what that would mean.

Meaning like their ideal world was something where people worked ridiculously long hours and had no sleep and no family life. Cause they're like, look, we can now work all the time. Isn't this wonderful? But it's fascinating to see how all these thousands and thousands and thousands of years of having it be dark at night was transformed into our modern world where it doesn't have to be.

Meaning like their ideal world was something where people worked ridiculously long hours and had no sleep and no family life. Cause they're like, look, we can now work all the time. Isn't this wonderful? But it's fascinating to see how all these thousands and thousands and thousands of years of having it be dark at night was transformed into our modern world where it doesn't have to be.

Meaning like their ideal world was something where people worked ridiculously long hours and had no sleep and no family life. Cause they're like, look, we can now work all the time. Isn't this wonderful? But it's fascinating to see how all these thousands and thousands and thousands of years of having it be dark at night was transformed into our modern world where it doesn't have to be.

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It's a difficult thing with Tesla because there's such a mix of myth when it comes to the person. there's this push that he invented everything. On the other hand, he was very inspirational because of two things, two major things. One, he invented a kind of motor that worked with AC electricity. And more importantly, he was the first to patent it.

It's a difficult thing with Tesla because there's such a mix of myth when it comes to the person. there's this push that he invented everything. On the other hand, he was very inspirational because of two things, two major things. One, he invented a kind of motor that worked with AC electricity. And more importantly, he was the first to patent it.

It's a difficult thing with Tesla because there's such a mix of myth when it comes to the person. there's this push that he invented everything. On the other hand, he was very inspirational because of two things, two major things. One, he invented a kind of motor that worked with AC electricity. And more importantly, he was the first to patent it.

And once he got paid a lot of money for that patent, Everyone got interested in AC electricity, into AC electricity motors and AC electricity transformers. That sort of broke the stagnation on that issue a little bit. And the second thing is he invented what's called the Tesla coil, which he thought would electrify the entire atmosphere or electrify the entire earth or communicate with Martians.

And once he got paid a lot of money for that patent, Everyone got interested in AC electricity, into AC electricity motors and AC electricity transformers. That sort of broke the stagnation on that issue a little bit. And the second thing is he invented what's called the Tesla coil, which he thought would electrify the entire atmosphere or electrify the entire earth or communicate with Martians.

And once he got paid a lot of money for that patent, Everyone got interested in AC electricity, into AC electricity motors and AC electricity transformers. That sort of broke the stagnation on that issue a little bit. And the second thing is he invented what's called the Tesla coil, which he thought would electrify the entire atmosphere or electrify the entire earth or communicate with Martians.

He had a lot of thoughts, but it's still this, I don't know if you've ever seen, it looks sort of like a mushroom and you can see these lightning bolts coming off of it. It's one of the most inspirational devices around. And so there's this weird mix of like, he was more influential than people know and simultaneously less, if that makes any sense.

He had a lot of thoughts, but it's still this, I don't know if you've ever seen, it looks sort of like a mushroom and you can see these lightning bolts coming off of it. It's one of the most inspirational devices around. And so there's this weird mix of like, he was more influential than people know and simultaneously less, if that makes any sense.

He had a lot of thoughts, but it's still this, I don't know if you've ever seen, it looks sort of like a mushroom and you can see these lightning bolts coming off of it. It's one of the most inspirational devices around. And so there's this weird mix of like, he was more influential than people know and simultaneously less, if that makes any sense.