Nikola Tesla was among the most brilliant inventors of his age. J.P. Morgan was one of the most powerful businessmen of that age. We cannot know what kind of world they might have created together had they merged their powers.
They didn’t.
With the shrewd support of George Westinghouse, Tesla’s Alternating Current system would prevail over Morgan-backed Thomas Edison’s Direct Current system. As a result, Tesla’s newest brainstorm, World Wide Wireless, would be systematically prevented from becoming a reality. It would nearly break Tesla’s spirit and eclipse his legacy in history, permanently. But his abiding hope, his decency, and his utopian generosity kept on invigorating him. This is the story of his quest to change the world.
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