Thomas Edison
3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 9, 2020 by Bethany McLean · said 16 times in 7 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Jun 9, 2020 neutral
McLean: Many visionaries lie to keep investors funding their dreams
“Because a lot of visionaries from Thomas Edison through have lied at various points in time and have said things that weren't true in order to keep their employees and their investors believing in them so they can keep getting the money to fund their dreams.”
Mar 23, 2021 positive
Ridley: Edison beat 20 rivals by testing 6,000 different plant filaments
“The difference between him and the 20 other people who invented the light bulb around the same time is that he was prepared to put in the slog of testing 6000 different types of plant material before settling on Japanese bamboo for the filament of his light bu…”