Over 100 Years Ago...
The name Nikola Tesla should be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Thomas Edison, Alexander Bell, and Albert Einstein, if not the breath before. For whatever reason though, be it through the absurd forgetting of this great man and his life's work by his peers and fellow humans over the course of time, or by a more sinister, conspiratorial ploy to erase his contributions to humanity through covert subversion, there is nary a fuss over this man and the potentials he believed humanity possible.
A Perfect Storm
The topic of discussion for most Americans today is, not the Presidential Elections, but Hurricane Sandy. A simple Google Search for Hurricane Sandy photos will reveal the extent to which this storm has wrecked havoc on the east coast. But what does this have to do with Tesla?
For those that are unaware, of no fault of your own in accordance with my beliefs mind you, Nikola Tesla was working toward a wireless (as in NO WIRES) electricity grid over 100 years ago. Some historians and researchers are convinced that he did achieve the lofty feat, but once JP Morgan & Co, (the outfit funding the research) caught wind of Tesla's success, the Morgan conglomerate ceased distribution of funds. Perhaps JP Morgan, who stood to make millions in copper sales if a contract for a wired electrical grid was realized, reasoned Tesla's project an apt nemesis in regards to his financial future.
Tesla's laboratory was destroyed and his research "lost" to the annals of history. Or were they?
Human Suffering = Financial Success
If Tesla did actually succeed in creating a wireless electricity grid, would that system not pose a viable solution to the current outages on the east coast?
I'm no expert on "Free Energy Technology", but I have been able to perceive a certain financial-gain-at-the-expense-of-human-wellness initiative prevalent in the soulless corporate sector of our global society. Profit at all costs, right? If body bags are needed to meet the bottom line, so be it.
It is this greed driven, profit hungry corporate profile that seeks short term gains over long term solutions. Real solutions to real problems are actually counterproductive. Fake problems and fake solutions, coupled with real problems and their accompanying battery of fake solutions, all offered by a small network of the world's financial elite, keeps humanity stagnant and the elite wealthy.
We've had cars, planes and electricity for over 100 years. Computers give us the calculating capacity to test new feats of engineering in virtual environments, but the farthest we've come since the late 1800's, publicly at least, is using a fancy plane to put a fancy car on a neighboring planet.
Talk to some old timers from the early 1900's in America, if you can find any. Some are still around. Hell, you can even find archives of publications from the 20's and 30's telling tales of flying cars and trips to the Moon. What happened!? Where did the grand build out of space exploration go? Why isn't every man, woman, and child involved in the exploration of the Universe? As long as money limits the imagination, creativity will atrophy.
A Choice
When Sandy is finished sacking the east coast, and when Americans come together to rebuild cities like New York, maybe we should consider leaving Wall Street for another day. Perhaps we should consider long term, real solutions to real problems that our species faces. Capitalism has proven its lack of humanity. It is a lot easier to count those familiar green faces adorning our coveted dollars representing wealth than it is to count the countless suffering faces, not looking for a bailout, but looking for some goddamned sympathy.
Heed this warning. Be leery of costly "solutions" in the wake of natural disasters offered by corporations and governments. Anyone who seeks financial gain at this hour probably has scales instead of skin.
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