And that financial industry bled into the other industries, and started stealing the credit.
Musk is a good example. The perfect one, really. True engineers and scientists could be the figureheads of those companies, but when you think Space X, you think of that wart of a human being.
Edison was a shithead with his company and his money, but he was still the genuine article when it came to engineering. More than can be said for Musk.
Edison, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockerfeller…
Same shit back then. Careful of the rose colored glasses.
Yeah… a lot of people are venerated posthumously, whereas others can afford to pay to be venerated in their own time.
Tbf there has been a shift from manufacturing industry to financial industry.
And that financial industry bled into the other industries, and started stealing the credit.
Musk is a good example. The perfect one, really. True engineers and scientists could be the figureheads of those companies, but when you think Space X, you think of that wart of a human being.
Edison was a shithead with his company and his money, but he was still the genuine article when it came to engineering. More than can be said for Musk.