Thomas Edison, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Thomas Edison comes up
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers]
- ▶ 39:39 Shane Parrish Edison and Ford, both friends of Harvey, believed that inventors rarely benefited from patent laws.
- ▶ 1:10:25 Shane Parrish Beyond business success, Harvey became legendary for his friendships with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.
James Dyson: Against the Odds [Outliers]
- ▶ 24:06 Shane Parrish The trial and error approach of the Egyptians, on the other hand, had been pure Edison.
- ▶ 42:29 Shane Parrish This embrace of failure as a teaching tool rather than a dead end places Dyson in the tradition of Thomas Edison, who reportedly found 10,000 ways not to make the light bulb before finding one that worked. 2 times in the scene
Timothy Eaton: How to Build an Empire (And Why It Crumbled) [Outliers]
- ▶ 8:26 Shane Parrish Eaton brought the same intensity to retail that Edison brought to invention.