Brivael Le Pogam
@brivael · Jun 5, 2026
Edison was the incumbent.
He ran a smear campaign to bury the future, publicly electrocuting dogs and even a horse to convince the public that Tesla's alternating current was lethal, and he lobbied to put AC in the electric chair so people would associate it with death. Pure
Yahoo Finance@YahooFinance· Jun 5, 2026Jamie Dimon and Elon Musk discussed the SpaceX IPO at its investor roadshow.
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Edison was brilliant too.
AC was the right choice back then, but DC is the right choice today, as solar, batteries, electric cars and computers all use DC.
Many years from now, there will not be much AC left.
05:37 AM · June 6, 2026 · 873.3K views
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