Tesla was mostly a lone inventor, designing and building things with minimal help. He developed many improvements to AC power early in his career, as well as countless electrical devices that are used to this day. Unfortunately, later in life he seemed more keen to tinker with wild fantasies and impractical solutions to problems, rather than anything practical to use in real life.

I sometimes compare Edison to Walt Disney. He invented plenty of things on his own – though the true number will never be known – but his biggest asset was gathering many people under him in Menlo Park. He was also an asshole, yet people were willing to work for him.

He’s definitely most similar to Nikola Tesla, I suppose. Maybe comparing people to others is wrong, I don’t know.