How Nikola Tesla's Kindness Ruined His Life

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*Who was the better inventor: Nikola Tesla or Thomas Edison? Lmk in the reply* Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink/ to start learning STEM for FREE, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription

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Like for Edison

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[@Aabomorris]

First comment, please pin me

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@Aabomorris WHO DOES CARE ABOUT IT?

[@rtqii]

Nikola Tesla - Lab-Tesla org

[@thegoddamnparticle4087]

Albert Einstein was once asked, 'How does it feel to be the smartest man alive?', he responded, 'I don't know, you'll have to ask *Nikola Tesla*

[@markozivkovic8895]

It was actually in different context, since Tesla criticized Einstein's theories. But never the less, it was probably true.

[@jensenraylight8011]

dude, Einstein was a different beast, he was probably 10x smarter than Tesla, he was acknowledged by everyone as a genius for a reason. this is the quote "Tesla completely rejected the theory of relativity." “Einstein's theories are nothing more than magnified mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles, and makes people blind.” which is enough to tell us that Tesla was clueless about Einstein works. in the nutshell, Tesla is kinda like Einstein Hater, but with nothing to prove or credibility to match

[@memorylane3457]

Pretty sure it was a sarcastic response.

[@mrawesome2704]

Believe me buddy, I love Tesla. But there is no source that backs this quote from Einstein up.

[@C1K450]

@@memorylane3457 always hating on Tesla are you a globalist boy account?

[@bp.pradhan9494]

This cruel world doesn't deserve a great man like Nikola Tesla

[@SectorCTestLabs]

He gave so much and got so little. I wish he had been able to see the strides and advancements made thanks to his work

[@outofoblivionproductions4015]

@@skyeblu817 It's homage. Chill out.

[@francisfischer7620]

Goddess willing, he can!

[@Aantara.]

He was a dreamer with dreams beyond money and fame. The world needs more great personalities like him. 🙏❤️

[@laliberte998]

The reason I love Mr.Tesla more than Edison is because of his generosity, that he wanted to do something for mankind they didn't deserve!

[@happyatheists9361]

More then a edison 😂😂 why would anybody like that f..ker

[@rahulingle8806]

👍

[@memorylane3457]

You love one stranger over another stranger?

[@outofoblivionproductions4015]

@@memorylane3457 No. We can understand principles, ethics and virtues, and therefore know something of the people who had them. So, they are not strange (or strangers) because we know something of them.

[@memorylane3457]

@@outofoblivionproductions4015You know only what these people showed and what they decided to share with the public. But as far as knowing, you don't know the truth of who these people were behind closed doors. Your love is for an illusion of what you think these people were..

[@DF-dd5nf]

Beautiful story. Poor lovely kind man. His life wasn't fair towards him. He didn't deserve to suffer so much for doing all that good for others.

[@robbertzeeman]

Nicola Tesla is the prime example where the world resolves around powerful and rich people. That people rather fill there own pockets than giving free energy to the world!

[@AcidiFy574]

Funny way of saying capitalism

[@mernokimuvek]

Nikola. not Nicola.

[@astrosci1109]

Why do kind and good people suffer so much? While greedy, cruel people live a great life

[@NormayzLed]

Life is short here but eternity is forever.

[@happyatheists9361]

Thats how karma work..devil like bad peoples

[@astrosci1109]

But karma is like , as you sow , so shall u real! Then how good people suffer?

[@gaurneha]

Depends how you define great life. He died penniless but he lived a life of integrity and as a result we are still talking about him and praising him. Money does not equate to happiness and fulfillment. Ask a Buddha or a monk!!

[@memorylane3457]

Maybe, but how many good people have their happy stories shared? People seem to gravitate towards these depressing stories over the happy ones.

[@Enigma765.]

A great man that lived ahead of his time, with amazing ideas and so much potential. However few people believed in him and then died unfairly with debt, unrecognised for his work

[@doodskie999]

Tesla and Alan Turing are my heroes. They were robbed of there glory and died miserably. If I had a time machine, these are the people I would like to visit and save

[@Nimbus...]

*Inventions of NIKOLA TESLA* 1)Alternative current 2)Tesla coil 3)Telegeodynamics 4)Remote control 5)Tesla valve 6)Teleforce 7)Violet ray 8)Induction motor 9)Tesla turbine 10)Wireless Telegraphy 11)Tesla's oscillator 12)Vacuum variable capacitors 13)World wireless system & many more......

[@philipwangila244]

Radio, x-rays, osprey plane, hydroelectric power tapping

[@WhiteBraveheart1]

Generosity didn't ruin Tesla's life. On the contrary, it made him the man we celebrate today -- a man of brains and benevolence.

[@macewbee]

Thank you and coldfusion for giving him his props.

[@dipendragahamagar2386]

Genius scientist and kind hearted 👑 Tesla ❣️🙏

[@marieannie7081]

Being born in the 70s and growing up in the 80s, I never heard of Nikola Tesla. I only heard and learned about him in the 90s when I was a teen, obsessed with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (they have a song called Tesla Girls) Our textbooks never mentioned him, only Edison. His story saddens me every time, I'm glad he's now getting the acknowledgement and recognition he deserves.

[@andrewmutavi590]

Everyone seems to forget, Giving doesn't always stem from a need to receive,he lived doing what he loved,maybe he died contented contrary to what most may think

[@Nimbus...]

Tesla invented many thing but no one was there to encourage him. RIP NIKOLA TESLA. THE GREATEST SCIENTIST OF THE TIME.

[@danko5866]

The hero we needed but didn't deserve

[@MeAndMyRoyalEnfield]

I recently saw my first rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center and later saw Artemis 1 launch. I filmed the fountain wall at the entrance with a likeness of President Kennedy and those famous words he spoke and was moved to say, "Where could we be today if..." After watching your video I can't help but think, "Where could we be today if..." Thank you for giving us News that makes us Think.

[@AzongLee85]

Tesla was a smart man, but he didn't have business skills. What he needed was good friends who knew about business and won't betray him. It's sad, but luckily Elon came along and founded Tesla, Inc. (previously known as Tesla Motors) to honor Nikola Tesla. I majored in math and will pursue electrical engineering in the near future, and on my walls there are meaningful quotes, mathematical equations and formulas and Nikola Tesla's photo (and other great men as well) as a reminder of the great man that he was.

[@KaiHonsou]

Elon didn't found Tesla. Not to take away your sentiment, but its a common misconception.

[@AzongLee85]

@@KaiHonsou Right, sorry I wasn’t aware. It’s founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, but I’m glad Elon still acknowledged Nikola and didn’t change the name after Elon took charge. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@thedreamer1527]

Elon musk is a con man

[@macemoneta]

@@KaiHonsou Eberhard and Tarpenning had a "paper company"; no offices, no manufacturing (their prototype was made by another company), no employees, and they didn't even have the rights to the name of the company. Eberhard lied to the board about the cost of the product. While Musk wasn't an original founder, when he exposed Eberhard to the board they fired Eberhard and made Musk a founder.

[@bryanfuentes1452]

"he didn't have business skills" as a genius he could easily acquire that skill. Apparently he wasnt interested in it. Most geniuses have different goals in life and that what makes them different from a mere average person who only wants wealth.

[@FootballKicks999]

Thank you for featuring Nikola Tesla! Love your content

[@taroyamada3641]

Telsa died in 1943, Westinghouse made $11M in 1935...regardless of the money he gave Tesla before he still owed Telsa for saving his company when he ripped up the contract agreement years earlier. So why didn't Westinghouse return the favor when the company was financially able ?

[@Andrew102]

The world is a very sad place and people can really betray you for profit. Nikola Tesla, you were a great man, and I feel really bad because you were taken for granted. I am thankful there are people finding out the truth about how nice and smart he was such as Elon Musk calling his company Tesla. Nikola Tesla R.I.P. You will be greatly missed...

[@Andrew102]

@Luka Tim When I saw this video it nearly made me cry.

[@SierNotsruht]

Don't mention elon musk in the same sentence as Nikola tesla, elon musk was a fraud who stole others accomplishments, and is not very smart, but Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary genius

[@danko5866]

Elon didn't name the company, it was done by it's founders

[@Dimnd_Hnd]

Immortality lays in the work of people.

[@SDsc0rch]

nice guys finish last

[@astrofilmsyt]

You should make more videos on scientists and mathematicians. Your narration is excellent.

[@rich2316]

I just came across your channel and I a learned a few new things I never knew about Tesla which I thought from a few mini documentaries i seen in the past that I knew more then I actually did but instead you helped fill in those gaps so TY. Also your a very good speaker and you're narration is at clear peaceful relaxed pace. 👍 Oh at the end when your in your 🚗 & mention drones showing Tesla was that at the premier of Musks Newest Texas plant, as I remember watching that live where his co woker or part developer of the cyber truck took a sledgehammer to the driver's window & well it didn't go as expected. 😳

[@SanjayTheFreelancer]

Legend 🙏

[@saquibpasha9998]

greatest scientist to ever born

[@Multiversalelevations]

That makes him a real human being. Money, royalties do not matter. The intention behind his creations is all that matter.

[@Cp6uH_]

His recklessness hampered not only him but humanity as a whole. If he just suspended his rights in royalties, instead of completely renounce them, he would eventually become one of the richest men in history. With true liberty - economic - he would continue to conduct his experiments and continue to amaze the world with his groundbreaking inventions. I strongly believe that his wireless system was achievable. Just imagine electric cars, boats, and planes running without batteries.

[@UlaanBaatuur]

except being the 'richest person on the planet' was not his goal. he pursued his goal because he had a real desire to help humanity, not profit off of it...

[@ColleenLytle-sq8tx]

Funny, that was his downfall - being kind.

[@lewisgareen9958]

Life is not about money.

[@NoWastedCalories]

It’s a necessary evil, use it, don’t let it use you.

[@AlexM-zp2ti]

@@NoWastedCalories It's not necessary at all. It's literally imaginary.

[@Hellokemon]

It's absolutely necessary lmao Let's not lie here Sure it's not the most important In the world but to say uts not necessary at all is idiotic Doesn't matter what belief philosophy you have about it​@@AlexM-zp2ti

[@larscincaid6348]

Being kind NEVER ruins anything Real.

[@AlleyeSun]

Hands down, most brilliant man ever... the universe IS ELECTRIC... the stars, our sun are electric, not balls of fire in the vacuum of space, but of UV radiant magnetic fields... energy, frequency, vibration...

[@clashinguniverse]

Listening about him always gives me tears , i always cry and i have tears in my eyes while typing this 🙁

[@leonardugeen3072]

Your work on these videos is incredible. Could you do a video about jido Krishnamurti, please ?

[@allhdmoviescene1294]

it's always the good and kind one.

[@imahumann]

Nikola Tesla must be remembered

[@Tiranawest]

The generous slavic heart...😪❤

[@hANBinhanbin]

Great story told with a great voice!

[@jessesmith-garcia5313]

Most geniuses go to their graves penniless, that is the TRUEST mark of greatness, and ultimately it's price!

[@rsr789]

Nikola Tesla was a pacifist, but he would have hated Elon Musk, who stands for everything Tesla was against, that Tesla would have stangeled Musk with his bare hands.

[@Robolearning]

One thing I realised that what I believed many scientist and inventor as the genuine one turned out to be just smart guys taking shameless claims of someone's hard work and getting rewarded too. Just wondering how genuine scientists are getting rewarded with noble prize and who is just getting the prize for his smartness alone. Filing patent itself is a risky job as it could be claimed by someone else and no one will come for rescue.

[@saatee100]

He is (was) the richest man in the world in ideas, I would do the same if I were so smart

[@Wilcosach]

He was too intelligent he didn't care if people take credit or steal his ideas. I think that is either too naive or too arrogant to let others get rich out of his hard work while he becomes poor.

[@leepeshpoonja4554]

All people in world r in-depth to Tesla, the luxury life we live is his grace to world. Yet we didn’t learn much about him until internet era. There r more silent scientists like Tesla we all should be great to them too. Only rich and high society take Noble price.

[@scottoconnor]

What did Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison name their band? AC/DC

[@trentdontmiss]

RIP Tesla. It's so sad that his big heart was his downfall. :(

[@Modeltnick]

He wasn’t a martyr. Don’t blame Edison for Tesla’s lack of business acumen. Westinghouse and Morgan are to blame for Tesla’s downfall.

[@Hellokemon]

Lmao edison should be blamed too tf you mean

[@Modeltnick]

@@Hellokemon Do some research. Edison’s dealings with Tesla were minimal. Tesla wasn’t a partner in Edison’s business but an employee.

[@davidmacphee3549]

I don't like Edison at all. I have many reasons.

[@Azulathedawg]

Hello, Newsthink! Could you please cover up a story for Florence Nightingale?

[@muhammadomer5301]

8:55 They were toooooo "Generous"

[@ayurshee9629]

Nikola Tesla was not just an inventor , he was a man much ahead of his time, a brilliant futurist❤ He changed the whole world for the better❤

[@kusibrempong8885]

There are two sides of this coin. Being kind and a genius is one side and business-minded is the other side. You need both. If you stick to the former you may die broke & feel unfairly treated. If you stick too much with the latter you will act too self centered and greedy. The only time a genius kind heart will sustainably increase and bless many others with what he has built is through a business finance model. No matter what you say about "rich greedy" people, there's one thing you can't take away from them, ie they advance the world in a certain way. But in all these, it pays to be goodhearted & kind. We need the genius kind hearted, as well as the business thinking guy. Two sides of the same coin. Selah!

[@inkishoftj]

hi Cindy. u r amazing. thanks for stories

[@amazingelectro1961]

Truth will always haut no matter how long and will show up in the spirit s and souls of people

[@adwait246]

your videos are amazing!, just use optimistic titles and thumbnails ❤️

[@mrawesome2704]

What I would have done as Tesla is getting the money from Westinghouse and then afterwards give him a bit from his money back like 250 a month like he did to Tesla

[@totalfreedom45]

_The most important product of a creative mind is an invention. Its ultimate aim is the rule of mind over nature and the use of its forces for the needs of mankind._ -Nikola Tesla Science goes by facts, logic, and evidence. Tesla and Einstein knew that. Just like Einstein, he also knew that love and kindness for humankind are more important than money. Let’s hope that Elon Musk continues to honor this great scientist. Planet and people over profits! 💕☮🌎🌌

[@mechajay3358]

Telsa deserved better. Edison really screwed him over.

[@Ghrkriiewii9180]

What is really great is after more than 75 years, tesla finally appeared in my American history textbook. Credited with AC that allowed Americans to have a cheaper power supply.

[@suesmothers4225]

Keep taking my kindness for weaknesses

[@DestinyThePhoenixRising1111]

He didn't die penniless he was staying at a fancy hotel and getting food prepared to him by chefs. That doesn't sound like he died penniless to me. He didn't die alone either, he had his female pigeon in his room that he would always feed and send messages like a carrier pigeon during the war for example. Come on people think and do your research and it's called common sense ❤

[@whitelion1851]

i could not imagine because he was so a genius why could he not be so famous like einstein

[@leonsantamaria9845]

Master Nikola Tesla is so much advanced to are society...sad ending but don't matter he is the master of the universe l olweys remember him...🥺😌

[@robin2080]

Can you do a video on Jerry Chun Shing Lee

[@dondrap513]

I mean, he could have taken a reduced or deferred payment.

[@davidcunningham2074]

a very moving story.

[@avayu2289]

Not so much kindness but naïveté.

[@TSulemanW]

Nikola Tesla is kind person, without Nicola Tesla we still life in battery power lol

[@janklaas6885]

🕊6:01

[@user-kk7zf6pt4c]

He was a nice man but lacked financial knowledge. If only that was also his priorities, imagine where the world would be now...

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

To my best of knowledge, Tesla had so such a miserable life not because of his act of kindness, but instead his complete ignorance and disregard of money. Even if he got the wealth of the entire world, he would lose all within his lifetime.

[@mrtienphysics666]

A movie should be made.

[@rsr789]

There have been several, they are all bad movies.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@rsr789 Yes. They were.

[@memonk11]

Very misrepresentative video. Tesla marketed Wadenclyffe tower to J P Morgan to transmit radio across the Atlantic, not wireless power. It didn't work, Marconi's system did. No one was willing to invest any more money in a system that did not work. Love Tesla. But not all of his inventions were viable. And he held onto many incorrect beliefs that were ultimately part of his scientific downfall.

[@paulbehr468]

What was done to Tesla by greedy, dishonest and crooked men like Rdison, Marconi, and Morgan breaks my ❤ heart Katherine Elaine and my husband Paul's heart as well. Katherine Elaine means pure, white light. Nikola Tesla is now in pure white light while the three crooks are where they belong. 🔥 From Katherine in Texas USA 🇺🇸 ❤ 🤍 💙

[@AI_ALVAREZ_INTELLIGENCE_AI]

tesla coil can transfer energy wireless that mean very effective rocket engineering

[@amangautam1779]

The world cannot forget his greatness. Tesla's comparison with Edison is a waste of time and a disrespect of Tesla. Tesla did everything for humanity whereas Edison did it for fame and money.

[@SFCFilms]

This is actually a failure of society, and this video highlights it. If a person is not rich they are preserved to be failures. In a future world where people's value are not based on their wealth, what does being rich monetary wise mean? I don't know what Tesla's last years were like but there's more to life than being rich and having money.

[@Clark-Mills]

DC is generally used for long distance electricity transmission. Look up HVDC. The beauty of AC is the ease with which you can change the voltages with a transformer.

[@rsr789]

"DC is generally used for long distance electricity transmission" That's factually incorrect.

[@goddevil6889]

Tesla is the son of thor

[@yt-sh]

his failures probably wont change his mind

[@juanpablosyoutube]

Edison was a swindler though.. hahahahaha

[@daddynikolatesla6663]

Why else did I name my youtube channel after him?

[@assalamel1996]

What caused the fire in tesla's laboratory? Well the answer is crystal clear ''Edison ''

[@mksmar]

If you do something great things to world for free.. They never recognized you But if you doing that same thing on your own values... Then world will remind Your Names... & I think that's why Thomas Edison well known over the Nikola Tesla to the World... Moral :- Sometimes being too Much Nice person is Toxic for Ourselves...!

[@leonsantamaria9845]

I don't think so.....he is now happy 😊.... because we wearing his ideas 💡,..... but carefully because to much tecnologia maybe bad.... remember Tunguska event....we don't know maybe Tesla make... but anyway he is happy 😁.... tank you Master Nikola Tesla.

[@durgadas9066]

Maybe Tesla reincarnated as Elon Musk to show his revenge..

[@stayoutofthecitys]

People stole his work.

[@Styner09]

Musk calling his cars Tesla is a very Edison move.

[@muhammadomer5301]

10:25 Musk ❤ Tesla💕

[@zagrosqazy3798]

Nikola Tesla is not naive he is a god HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT SUCH A STRONG GOD 😡👹🕊

[@abhay8437]

sed luife

[@catoftruth1044]

how can you say it ruined his life if he was living the dream???!!! he spent his life creating ideas and inventing. Stupid title! money is not everything!!

[@leonsantamaria9845]

Are society is relatively contradict, way so smart...human... have.... sad ending... but... we don't know...he make decisions to be like that... but is not like that relatively society is primitive.

[@abeibrahim5846]

Yes, but I would not say "Tesla's Kindness", I would say Tesla's ungreedy nature elevated him to a better human than all the people who only seek profit... GREED is the enemy of humanity and if unmanaged, will drive us to the end of society. Just view how some people seek their carrier than having a family, work long hours than spend time with their kids, create and find new ways to sell an item for 8-12 times its costs some time much more... it's all about money, no more balance between the majority of people income and purchasing reliable products and services - I admired Elon for helping people save the environment, and making (so I thought) care for the masses (Model 3) for $35k, but soon the American marketing took over and added $1k just for the heck of it, then added $12k on the Model Y to make up for Texas Giga factory and Starlink that would compete with the greedy companies, it became more for profit than for the good of humanity. This land we live in can only be described as a wasteland, humanity is being wasted, and only a few are keeping it alive for themselves and the people they care for.

[@egi__lyricsadder5545]

8:35 why? you ask... because Tesla understood how trashy people are.

[@aeoh2000]

TESLA HIS 2 CENTURY AHEAD OF TIME THAT DURING HIS TIME NOT WORTH IT. THE CAR HE INVENTED NOT REQUIRE TO CHARGE AS COMPARE TODAY THAT NEED TO RE-CHARGE.