Edison's Greatest Invention WASN'T The Lightbulb - The Lightbulb Moment

Thomas Edison’s most prolific invention is arguably not the lightbulb we all know him for, but the lab in Menlo Park New Jersey that he used to create it. Edison pioneered the world’s first research and development team there, working with a group of experimenters to methodically home in on the holy grail of electric light. In the process, he forever changed the way we would create world defining inventions.
This is The Lightbulb Moment. A Cheddar and CuriosityStream Original Series. The show that uncovers the surprising impact of less-celebrated inventions and the moments of inspiration that made them possible.
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[@FinancialShinanigan]

Cheddar trying to start fights with that title

[@mahaphoublue7644]

Lol mostly the civil war

[@Marchand12]

RIGHT!

[@SeanOfEarth]

@@mahaphoublue7644 not really a civil war if it's American Edison versus Scottish Swan

[@theobuniel9643]

Lots of Tesla stans on the Internet.

[@burtan2000]

But it's accurate. people always hating on Edison for "stealing" his inventions (which, let's face it, he did), but his contribution was to start our model for major innovation that has made the US the dominate tech innovator. It's like collaboration between Venture capitalists, garage inventors with rough but brilliant ideas, established industry, and academia.

[@jak3816]

Honestly, I think this short simple video is the best Edison documentary I've seen. It doesn't portray him as a fraud or as this lone, absolute genius inventor. Documentaries always underestimate the importance of his lab and research team. Inventions like a mass-producible light bulb, equipment to mass produce it, development of all the infrastructure, and the many other things that needed to be developed in order to make it work would not be possible without a modern lab and an experienced research team to develop it.

[@JohnLee-ue6gy]

Stephen Fry has a great podcast that covers this kind of material a little more expansively, The Great Leap Years. It has episodes on other giants like Archimedes and Newton, but it does an excellent job of explaining how the effort to traverse the US continent [railroad] and communicate across it [telegraph] led to so many of these breakthroughs. Lot of time spent on Edison and his relative position in the evolution of tech.

[@lucasrem]

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[@angelamagnus6615]

Neither is Nikola Tesla. He was a social animal and good at parties. He had famous friends like Mark Twain. He also had assistants to help, though not on the same scale as Edison because he was an engineer, not a businessman. Lastly he had a great partner in George Westinghouse who helped to market his product.

[@thetacoguyy]

Me in school: "I hate history class" Me watching Cheddar: "Please I want more history lessons like this"

[@CannabisTechLife]

It's all about the presentation I take it. History class you're sitting there with fluorescent lights shining down on you, hard uncomfortable desk, and an old book that the teacher is basically reading from word for word. Then you have modern day Cheddar which allows you to learn from a comfortable environment while showing you clips and photos from history which IMO is more engaging.

[@thewhitewolf58]

@@CannabisTechLife teachers dont know how to tell stories which is why people think history is "boring"

[@CannabisTechLife]

@@thewhitewolf58 That's also true.

[@whitechedamac4202]

You get to choose the videos you watch so you watch the ones that seem interesting to you. In school though, you learn what they want you to learn.

[@bodyofalegend]

Agree! My KZbin channel is all about famous people in the past and I now regret not paying attention in history class at school as there’s so much we can learn from the past

[@RyanLynch1]

I thought it's humorous that they named the series the lightbulb moment despite the lightbulb not being his greatest invention according to this video lol

[@nathanb011]

He didn't even invent the lightbulb

[@lucasrem]

@@nathanb011 KZbin jobs, did you make any money, need more hits here?????????? CLICK BAIT CRAP CONTENT!!!!! KZbin jobs!

[@videosammy]

So many of the people working for edison, who helped make his "ideas" a reality are forgotten while edison gets all the credit. But thats how society likes to remember things. Nice and simple, not complicated like real life.

[@brokeandtired]

@Sharma Vivek the same happened peniclin...it was decades before the scientists that created it got the Credit all while a superior stole the Credit for those decades.

[@jamesslick4790]

I remember when Steve Jobs invented the personal computer AND the portable digital music player Or that time that Henry Ford invented the automobile assembly line.....Oh, wait. Those didn't happen either, LOL.

[@videosammy]

I can understand that things where really shitty back then. But it surprises me that they still do that even today....

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

The price you pay for working for a salary. Imagine the many ad campaigns that got famous and how many people knew who actually made the pitches about it...

[@singletona082]

*sees title* Me: modern research lab? ..yep.

[@thewhitewolf58]

It does make sense hes smart but also he didnt solo make all his inventions he had a lot of help

[@drewbooFPV]

Sure bro

[@kasseemsmith9175]

I think we need an episode on George Westinghouse.

[@jamesslick4790]

You can be SURE that they should. 👍😊👍

[@joermnyc]

And his relationship with Nikola Tesla

[@bodyofalegend]

Agree! I made videos about Tesla on my KZbin channel which featured Westinghouse. I’d like to create a video about Westinghouse one day but there’s not much information out there about him 🤔

[@jamesslick4790]

@@bodyofalegend I'm from Pittsburgh. Many of my family members worked for Westinghouse. In my mother's view If you had ANYTHING from G.E. you'd get the same look as someone drinking a Pepsi in Atlanta, LOL. There is a nearly 2 hour documentary about George Westinghouse on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnO4oXmVlM1gf7s&ab_channel=JansonMedia

[@lucasrem]

George Westinghouse. You did make it? too many movies here already, anything new you need to tell? why the empty account, what is it you need here????

[@blackkissi]

I like how 90% of the comments have been written after only seeing the title, and skipped watching the video :D

[@DustyGamma]

It is funny, but I do wish people would restrain themselves and take the time to learn. Oh well, what's there to do but laugh?

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Noticed that too. So many comments of "He DiDnT iNvEnT tHe LiGhTbUlB!", and it's like yeah the video acknowledges he wasn't the first.

[@Milan-db3uy]

I don't know what's so likable about it.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@Milan-db3uy I love when people don't get how sarcasm works.

[@hello-vy5lb]

@@jamesslick4790 Not everyone likes sarcasm. Doesn't necessarily mean they don't understand.

[@methylatedspirit6810]

Toms greatest invention was to employ a bunch of geniuses to make ideas for him to take the credit Edit: it is a sweatshop, Edison invented sweatshops.

[@xelemorf]

Even Nikola Tesla worked for him a while

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

@@xelemorf and that's when the "feud" began.

[@frl24]

Funny elon musk does the same and everybody worship him Even funnier he called one of his business Telsa

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

@@frl24 actually, Elon Musk is an actual genius. Nichola Tesla is someone that Elon Musk has a lot of respect for.

[@Narutojaden]

THANK YOU!!! I’m Also team Tesla

[@shanekaede9651]

That's because the light bulb wasn't invented by Thomas Edison

[@eliasmahfouz9693]

Yes but the reason why he's credited with the invention is because he improved it to the point that it was affordable, safe and efficient. So dont discredit him he still deserves all the credit he used to get

[@ibnuzzaki9859]

Exactly

[@TheLemonBird]

​@@eliasmahfouz9693 the reason why he is credited is because in America (USA) they only teach what Americans invent, car is ford, lights is edison, rockets NASA.

[@daftwod]

It wuz invented by kangz

[@daftwod]

It wuz invented by kangz

[@LucidDreamer54321]

Edison’s invention factory still exists. It is on display at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.

[@note5068]

The greatest thing that Thomas Edison did was to insult Nikola Tesla because of this we are here now

[@joeschembrie9450]

@@bclxprss Tesla prevented Edison from winning the Nobel Prize. He had a real grudge against Edison, but there are two things to remember. One is that there was a language and cultural barrier where Tesla may have misunderstood what Edison was saying. The other is that Tesla was an unstable, erratic person in many respects. Yes, a genius, but he went off the rails a few times and one of them may have been his feud with Edison.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@joeschembrie9450 Edison wouldn't even get a Nobel Prize, or Tesla since the prizes are awarded to scientists, not inventors or engineers...

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

@@joeschembrie9450 I think Mr Tesla understood edison perfectly. Mr Tesla spoke more than 6 languages fluently. When edison promised Mr Tesla 50,000 dollars and then refused to pay, I'm pretty sure that may have been a problem. edison was a crook and and a cheat. Thank goodness we didn't go with edison's idea of DC current. Not a fan of edison. Bob

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 you might want to Google the noble prize. Most of the people awarded the prize were not scientists.

[@lotsofotherstuff]

@@robertmcdonnold3038 Edison didnt promise Tesla 50,000 dollars. It was one of the managers that worked under Edison that did that. And you do know that we do use High Voltage Direct Current in certain power lines now and that it is better than High Voltage Alternate Current in extreme long distance power lines and especially under water?

[@LucidDreamer54321]

Edison’s greatest achievement was losing the current war to George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. The power grid would be an absolute disaster now if it was Edison’s DC power instead of Westinghouse/Tesla’s AC power.

[@Garhunt05]

I dunno decentralized networks are a big thing now. Not to mention dc power on ships lowers emissions.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

And his company General Electric is still around...

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

@@Garhunt05 you might want to investigate how DC power is transmitted.

[@lucasrem]

Edisons power grid failed. He was only working on his Phono system, record company and film industry. corrupt investors!

[@liamc8085]

@@Garhunt05 the problem with dc is you cant send power long distances efficiently.

[@Kerosiin]

Judging by the comments I doubt people have actually bothered to watch the video 7:55 and watch for literally 5 seconds, that will surely fill your attention span

[@cameron5980]

This channel makes such interesting videos I love it, wish I had ideas this good for my school paper

[@ethanrobinson6016]

Gotta love it when you get a 13 minute ad for GE

[@kim2894]

So for an inventor that is the definition of the sole great inventor, his R&D team essentially marks the end of that reality?

[@shaunstark4263]

Soul. Marked.

[@LastBastion]

Yeah, like elon musk and his company

[@whatever_12]

And here I am, Giving up on any project after not being able to loosen a bolt 🙄

[@alx.o754]

Thomas Edison didn't even invent the lightbulb he just perfected it.

[@Digitalhunny]

You mean his R&D team did.😂

[@decembersveryown5935]

He didnt even perfect it.

[@franckmercier-cotnoir4369]

And they do say it, that he's not the light bulb inventor. I don't see the issue here...

[@troler7147]

@@Digitalhunny This comment deserves to be at the top

[@daftwod]

Everyone knows an N word invented and perfected the light bulb.

[@fahadaslam2000]

Oh this brings back some memories. I had a book I bought from a local Book Fair back in early 2000s called Thomas Alva Edison. It had Edison's life history and his inventions written in simple words for kids the age I was back then.

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

I’m kinda shocked that the video was about Edison’s melo park lab yet they never mentioned that you can go visit it. I’ve been to it before and it’s really incredible. There you can see many of his works including hear his first phonograph and see his lightbulbs. This and many other incredible historical places can be found at the Henry Fords greenfield village in Dearborn Michigan a suburb of Detroit. I highly recommend a visit. I grew up going there all the time.

[@uncled39]

Menlo

[@Horton.1114]

Thomas Edison should never be forgotten.. We have forgotten many people who helped him..

[@elgracko]

nice hand animation!

[@jeffw8218]

I’m glad this video is bringing awareness to the benefits of being homeschooled, and getting a job at a young age.

[@skibididopyesdop]

The youth is there to play and have fun.. not work.

[@bakamojojojo]

Great video!

[@Gambit771]

Shitty title.

[@manghariz2211]

Young Edison is the person we want to be. Old Edison is the person we regret wanted to be.

[@AlejoAlv]

I kinda feel that no one in those comments actually watch the video, just hating on Edison but fail to see the point here. He didn't invent the Lightbulb, but his team created a cost effective and a durable one, that's the Lightbulb moment they are saying.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Swan did the same thing independently in Britain.

[@ortegazs]

"I kinda feel that no one in those comments actually watched the propaganda just correctly hating on a fraud but fail to believe the BS narrative that is being pushed by Cheddar." His team lied and claimed many inventions were his intellectual property. Edison was a POS.

[@AlejoAlv]

@@heronimousbrapson863 Yes, and probably the reason that everyone remembers Edison more is because he is american, the richer one of the two and did more with the lightbulb after buying Swan out of his own company. I'd say, the science is cool but the corporate part isn't

[@AlejoAlv]

@@iammcwaffles5514 ok, but no one is saying he invented it (not even the video)

[@tylermoore3834]

I completely lost attention after you told me a fifteen year old was pulling down $60,000-$80,000 a year selling garbage on trains...

[@seasong7655]

Here in Germany we're still using Edinson's lightbulb sockets almost 100 years later

[@beefymcskillet5601]

DC current?

[@graham1034]

So his real invention was being a competent manager and cutthroat businessman.

[@HeyitspalacNJ]

He wasn't cut throat at Menlo Park. He became cut throat after getting screwed over by J.P. Morgan.

[@NJRoadfan]

And here I thought this was going to be a video about Edison's revolutionary ground breaking (literally) solid concrete pianos and phonographs.

[@Gladiamdammit]

Edison did NOT invent the pornograph. xD

[@lotsofotherstuff]

@@Gladiamdammit Who did then?

[@SerimanTheWolf]

Watch at 1.25x for normal video pacing

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

Thomas Edison really was the Steve Jobs of his time. Getting great people to do the work, and taking the credit.

[@Gambit771]

Or just stealing it.

[@martinbruhn5274]

The x-ray was invented by german phycicist Conrad Röntgen, hence the german term for x-ray Röntgenstrahlen (Röntgen ray). He was definetively not an american inventor.

[@plumeater1]

Popularized, and invented are two different words. *GE's labs went to popularize x-ray technology* "make (something technical, scientific, or academic) accessible or interesting to the general public by presenting it in a readily understandable form."

[@jer103]

The phrase, "The spoils go to the victors", shows Edison's true character. He was cutthroat, aggressive, manipulative, and deceptive on how he got his inventions. It was a sign of the times, that he would be friendly until he wanted more power, or what others had already created.

[@andre8272]

Without Edisons financial backing most of these people would not have made anything. They had to pay their bills while they focused on R&D. Most Geniuses are not usually great businessmen look at the real Tesla smart guy could never sell his ideas.

[@doncarlin9081]

Did anyone else besides me notice at 5:18 the N in Western is backwards? 🤔

[@yotaiji012]

That saving the boy and learning morse code sounds like....one of his stories...

[@DustyGamma]

That's a good point. Always take the source of something into account.

[@Justin.Martyr]

@@DustyGamma *DonaLd Trump IS My source for ALL TRUTH!!!!*

[@Renwoxing13]

I too am a Tesla "acolyte", however. The creation of the world's first r&d lab is revolutionary & if we are to be honest: One of rhe greatest inventions of all time, and the birth of our modern world!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I love how we're all just here to hate on Edison like he cheated on our best friend.

[@troler7147]

He's a terrible person

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

@@troler7147 he really was

[@ortegazs]

Well he wronged many great and true inventors. Edison was a fraud.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

@@ortegazs oh don't get me wrong, I'm here for the party because he totally deserves it

[@NotHPotter]

Never forget.

[@DJmcRUSH]

Did people actually watch the video?

[@hello-vy5lb]

No.

[@nikolaievans2432]

Finnaly a video that doesn’t call him a fraud or a genius. He was simply just a quirky curious fella until he got older and greedy like old people normally do

[@danielsavitz5774]

This week on The Lightbulb Moment; Not Lightbulbs

[@ryanvandermerwe5587]

Humphry Davey: "am I a joke to you?"

[@heronimousbrapson863]

The first electric light was the arc light. It was too bright for practical use in homes and offices. It was, however used in light houses, street lamps, etc. although more modern technologies have now largely replaced it.

[@emmanuel1687]

Where’s Nikola Tesla?

[@CyroAsseo]

thomas edison seemed like a bright chap

[@billykobilca6321]

Bulb, phonograph, the electric chair, dc current what else

[@thomasdevine867]

They should do an episode on how George Washington Carver applied Edison's invention of the modern industrial laboratory to agriculture. If humanity survives the next century and a half, it will be because of GWC's achievement.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Adam Raguesa made a video about that. Simply put, the myth surrounding GWC is a deliberate ploy of tokenism by white people just because he isn't as vocal in supporting civil rights as W. E. Dubois. He didn't invent peanut butter, or 100 uses for the peanut. Instead his TRUE greatest achievement was his outreach programs for sustainable agriculture and food sustainability using the peanut...

[@thomasdevine867]

@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Still, GWC did adapt the industrial laboratory to agriculture. Without his achievements there would have been no Green Revolution. Besides, I already knew that peanut butter predates the ACW.

[@martinpaiement]

Edison marketed the light bulb. On July 24, 1874, Woodward and his partner, Mathew Evans, a hotel keeper, filed a Canadian patent application on an electric light bulb. It was granted on August 3, 1874 as Canadian patent number 3,738. Thomas Edison was the Trump of the era.

[@diegoochoa572]

You're right, it wasn't *his* invention

[@joshuabessire9169]

Was the Menlo Park lab ever attacked by Nikoli Telsa and the Avon Ladies?

[@DustyGamma]

4:17 3D printing is becoming the new machine shop for inventors. I foresee it's free use being clamped down on though, it's potentially stifled by fear...

[@rock3tcatU233]

3D printing can't reach the precision and tolerances needed for most tooling and instruments, machining is still the way to go.

[@james5460]

Edison invented the first practical light bulb. That's indisputable.

[@SeanOfEarth]

How practical? Oh, turns out it is disputable!

[@swampdonkey1567]

@@SeanOfEarth uh practical that in places they use designs identical or near identical to it today. Practical in that light bulbs came to middle class rather then just rich people homes and companies.

[@MrBarksdale149]

Lewis Howard Latimer was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb, why would Edison need a African American to draft his? Lightbulb 💡 lol and why does Litimer hold the patent IF Edison invented it.

[@swampdonkey1567]

@@MrBarksdale149 no...... this is a good video to explain friend only 3 minutes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKnXY4FpaZqcnsU

[@james5460]

As I said, it's indisputable.

[@ummerfarooq5383]

Is this going to be broadcasted on indias new trains

[@aikonlatigid]

Like he said, invention is one percent idea and 99% hardworks, his greatest invention is how to simplify the hardwork itself

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

Stealing secrets?

[@danilolimadossantos1]

People compare Musk to Tesla, but he is more like Thomas Edison

[@darwinbox1184]

How ?

[@arfyness]

Absolutely, Tesla was a genius, but not a leader at all, and certainly not a business mogul. Even Edison, like Tesla, was more of a practical inventor himself than Musk. Not saying Musk isn't an intelligent engineer, but he is more about inspiring the right people to bring his grand big-picture ideas to life. Which of course, Edison also did.

[@whwhywhywhywhywhywhy]

@@arfyness musk just finances people with vision then takes credit. Or gets a massive financial aid from the gov to make electric cars then uses the profits to encourage the government to not give anyone else money to do the same. He's an asshole with good pr

[@benjaminzaremba8667]

You know your a hero when your reward is being taught Morse-code

[@SBA_poiko]

You're* (Also just messin with ya 😁)

[@mr.personhumanson6871]

He's more like a project manager and designer than an inventor

[@LucidDreamer54321]

Just like Steve Jobs.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

That pays them to make things...

[@nagarjunkashyap5987]

So the lightbulb moment isn't the lightbulb movement🤔😂

[@FrankClark]

I love how you keep calling his workers, his "team", while neglecting to mention that he was famous for grabbing his "team's" work and running to the patent office to file it under his name. LOL.

[@simetric6551]

Isn't that what all the companies do ??? Do you think Steve Jobs made or created something ever ?

[@arturoaguilajr2009]

This subject deserves an adult baritone voices..it sounds like the children’s hour

[@mind-of-neo]

"This is *not* the lightbulb moment"

[@JackieWelles]

Edison was Steve Jobs of the day. Just like Steve Jobs he didn't invent all things, but rather improved it.

[@ono3869]

Interesting...So Edison and the lightbulb is like Apple and Siri.

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

Maybe I missed it. But, the title said that the light bulb was not his greatest invention. What was???

[@MichaelGGarry]

You couldn't even mention Joseph Swann? There's a reason the company had to be called Edison-Swann......

[@shad0wyenigma]

If people find this interesting I’d highly recommend the book loonshots by Safi Bahcall. It digs way more into this topic with some very important nuisance about the nature of inventing.

[@jamesslick4790]

Bell Labs became Lucent, Later THAT was sold to Alcatel, Now it's legacy is owned by TCL (China), Who also marketed RCA TV a few years ago (maybe still).

[@the0ne809]

Most of the comments here are from people who read the title and got pissed off. Just like in Facebook. Lol

[@funnyvideos-funnyoutloud2618]

So basically Musk is an Edison now, the question is "who is his Tesla?"

[@jo-vf8jx]

It was founded in 2003 by American entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning and was named after Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla. Tesla, Inc. Tesla Motors was formed to develop an electric sports car.

[@swampdonkey1567]

I mean musk doesn't say he develops it alone that's other people. Especially with big teams though him being the financial backer makes him the most important to is companies discoveries. Tesla was also madman tbh.

[@droopyballbag]

The greatest salesman ever

[@thewonderalex8763]

Edison: is a a smart and devious salesman Tesla: a smart engineer who only wanted to build great thing

[@jensenraylight8011]

yet Tesla only useful invention is AC, nothing else, you think AC is on the same league as lightbulb, phonograph, movie camera, film, DC, etc?

[@paulmckenzie5155]

Equivalent of $78,000 a year as a child. Wtf

[@MrChopstsicks]

Stealing ideas and pay artist to propagandise the deadly use of electricity ?

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

Edison socks. - Telsa gang

[@charlietuffier-mancini3515]

@@digojez Eosidn skcos. - Tslea gnag

[@onetwo-ty6cc]

Sox tesla Gong adison

[@idokoren4333]

" The lightbulb moment" lol

[@EncyclopediaX]

2 Canadians invented the light bulb and didnt want money for it.

[@styxdragoncharon4003]

I'll bet you $50,000 that Edison's sense of humor was anything but good.

[@the0ne809]

Because 1800s humor is very relatable to one today. That's like trying to laugh at the jokes your grandparents used to make.

[@styxdragoncharon4003]

@@the0ne809 Funny. You didn't get the joke, then tried to explain it to me.

[@styxdragoncharon4003]

@@the0ne809 If you want to understand the joke look up "Edison $50,000" in your search engine of choice.

[@Tiffanystein1957]

Hi

[@jadedrealist]

Considering where he started out, i'm surprised he became such a jerk.

[@aaronm120]

I was expecting it to be chair from the Simpsons that tips back but doesn’t fall over

[@dk50b]

Seeing so many ignorant comments, let's just say I'm sitting in the right chair.

[@joermnyc]

Carbonized japanese bamboo filament... so who replaced that with tungsten?

[@RustyDust101]

Eddison was barely an inventor. But he was an improver. He and his companies barely invented anything truely new. They improved on previously invented ideas. None of the 'inventions' mentioned in this video were truely Eddison's inventions. Similar ideas had often been around for years, sometimes decades as prototypes. But Eddison and his team made them economically feasible.

[@Kahless_the_Unforgettable]

Oh Cheddar. You are entertaining. You're also absurd, but entertaining.

[@hydrolifetech7911]

Edison's greatest achievement was meeting Nikola Tesla

[@WillmobilePlus]

Tesla's was actually meeting someone that could do something useful with technology.

[@LucidDreamer54321]

Edison’s greatest achievement was losing the current war to George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. The power grid would be an absolute disaster now if it was Edison’s DC power instead of Westinghouse/Tesla’s AC power.

[@ronaldweasley6175]

thanks for saving my sons life let me teach you morse code as a thank you. lol ok

[@DustyGamma]

My bet is he found the kid wandering around the tracks, returned him to his father, and got to chatting. "That Morse code sounds interesting, could you teach it to me?" "Sure, if you pick it up well I might have some work for you." But the true conversation is lost to history.

[@der.Schtefan]

Didn't Wilson Swan invent the lightbulb?

[@Raja-bz4yw]

Thomas edison's greatest invention was stealing others work and claiming it as his and stomping out the competition.

[@CannabisTechLife]

A true tech rockefeller of his time.

[@vanchhawngvanhmingliana2745]

Prolly Tesla's idea too

[@feriafyre]

Edison didn't invent the lightbulb, he just patented it.

[@MrBarksdale149]

Lewis Howard Latimer was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb,

[@l____llol7962]

T.A.E greatest invention is he find that he can patterns other inventions as his own.

[@buckshot6481]

Edison didn't invent the light bulb. I went to school with ding dongs who thought he invented electricity 🤣😂 Edison was a showman and great promoter of other people's work. Nikola Tesla was the great innovator of his day.

[@jensenraylight8011]

lol Tesla is a Noob compared to Edison, people just overhype him, Edison change the world, his invention can be traced even today. he basically singlehandedly built multiple successful industries, that even a genius can only dream of.

[@humanityisevil]

His real great invention was stealing others inventions and claiming them as his own...

[@camerica7400]

I thought this is what the video was going to be

[@EEVENEEVEN-vb5qy]

True that!

[@dojokonojo]

If you ever work for a reseach lab, all the IP you invent is legally owned by your institution, so you're not wrong.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

Edison DID 👏🏻 NOT 👏🏻 INVENT👏🏻 THE LIGHTBULB👏🏻. how many times do we have to go over this. He had much more in common with Elon musk in that way

[@thewonderalex8763]

the thing i hate that the Lightbulb isn't even his invention that guy just bought the whole patent and hire thousand of engineer to build it for him

[@arfamortis1]

Edison did not 'invent the lightbulb, he and Swan improved it.

[@rogerszmodis]

Thomas Edison did not invent the incandescent lightbulb. The first incandescent lightbulb predates Thomas Edison by at least 10 years. Not predates Edison’s improvements, Edison himself.

[@STARDRIVE]

I see Edison as a businessman with a scientific inclination. Science and inventions were his field of interest, yet surpassed by a hunger for money & power. I´m the opposite. I´m inventive but can´t seem to market my work, since maybe I don´t care enough about money. I jump from one challenge to the next, which is a waste. I think both characters are needed to bring things to fruitation, and if you can be both at once, more power to you. I don´t like Edison very much, but back in the day it was a dog eat dog world. Not many could afford the luxury of being completely honest. Those who were, often died poor.

[@WillmobilePlus]

Then put your ideas out there with no patent for free. Goodness knows why you need to "market" it if you hate making money.

[@da_revo5747]

How old are you?

[@STARDRIVE]

@@WillmobilePlus I don´t hate money, but I stopped caring about it. I´m in my mid 50´s, probably dead after another 25. I don´t need a million bucks or fame, and be sure I´ll pull the plug before falling apart. And what I do is exactly that; sending my ideas around, or publish them. But rarely someone cares. So maybe I don´t have what it takes to be convincing. Which is fine, love it or leave it :)

[@STARDRIVE]

@@da_revo5747 Roughly 120 years younger than Edison, who´s 174. Dying doesn´t stop you from getting older :)

[@Azarilh]

Edison didn't steal anything, he bought some patents about lightbulbs and then used his team to find a good carbon filament material, which is the bamboo. Swan didn't invent the lightbulb, he just improved the technique for crafting the lightbulb's carbon filament. It's literally a minute of research, guys...

[@FrankClark]

....except that Edison ended up using tungsten for his light bulbs, not bamboo. Swan's contribution to modern lighting far surpasses carbon filament crafting. so, maybe you, yourself, need to do more than a minute's worth of research?

[@Azarilh]

@@FrankClark Even the video said that Edison ended up with bamboo.

[@JD200_]

If you only spent a minute, perhaps you missed something since you didn't dig deep enough