Thomas Edison: The Dark Truth Behind the Light Bulb & Phonograph | History To Sleep To

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He captured the human voice in a machine and banished darkness with the flip of a switch, yet Thomas Edison's legacy casts both light and shadow across history. The "Wizard of Menlo Park" who gave us the phonograph and practical electric light also electrocuted an elephant named Topsy to win a business war. He averaged one patent per week over his career—1,093 inventions that reshaped civilization—but many weren't entirely his own. The deaf boy who transformed disability into advantage became the relentless inventor who worked sixty hours straight, then slept for thirty. He promised affordable housing for the poor but delivered concrete monstrosities no one would buy. He created talking dolls that terrified children instead of delighting them. Edison's story isn't simply one of genius triumphant—it's the complicated tale of an imperfect man whose perspiration-soaked innovations illuminated the modern world, even as his methods darkened his reputation.

01:08 - Thomas Edison: Electric Light and Phonograph
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