Nikola Tesla

Tesla's big invention was independently discovered by 3 others within a year

Ben argues Tesla is overrated as an inventor relative to Edison: his standout invention, alternating current, was a real discovery but was independently made by three other people within the following year, meaning he pulled the future forward by only months.

“So yeah, Tesla has one really great invention to his name, which is alternating current, which was a big discovery, but like 3 other people discovered it independently in the next year. So like, when you talk about how how far forward you're pulling the future. It was like a year. It was like 6 months for Tesla.”