If we want to avert an impending calamity and a state of things which may transform this globe into an inferno, we should push the development of flying machines and wireless transmission of energy without an instant's delay and with all the power and resources of the nation.
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See allWhen I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and operate the device in my mind.
Nikola TeslaThe progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain.Nikola TeslaWe crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.Nikola TeslaAn inexpensive receiver, not bigger than a watch, will enable him to listen anywhere, on land or sea, to a speech delivered or music played in some other place, however distant.Nikola TeslaConsiderations of mere utility weigh little in the balance against the higher benefits of civilization. We are confronted with portentous problems which can not be solved just by providing for our material existence, however abundantly. On the contrary, progress in this direction is fraught with hazards and perils not less menacing than those born from want and suffering.Nikola TeslaIf we were to release the energy of atoms or discover some other way of developing cheap and unlimited power at any point of the globe this accomplishment, instead of being a blessing, might bring disaster to mankind in giving rise to dissension and anarchy which would ultimately result in the enthronement of the hated regime of force.Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaThe progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain.Nikola TeslaWe crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.Nikola TeslaAn inexpensive receiver, not bigger than a watch, will enable him to listen anywhere, on land or sea, to a speech delivered or music played in some other place, however distant.Nikola TeslaConsiderations of mere utility weigh little in the balance against the higher benefits of civilization. We are confronted with portentous problems which can not be solved just by providing for our material existence, however abundantly. On the contrary, progress in this direction is fraught with hazards and perils not less menacing than those born from want and suffering.Nikola TeslaIf we were to release the energy of atoms or discover some other way of developing cheap and unlimited power at any point of the globe this accomplishment, instead of being a blessing, might bring disaster to mankind in giving rise to dissension and anarchy which would ultimately result in the enthronement of the hated regime of force.Nikola TeslaMore inspiration
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