{"id":281,"date":"2017-03-05T01:13:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T07:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/?p=281"},"modified":"2017-03-05T01:13:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T07:13:50","slug":"tesla-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/tesla-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Tesla made your life infinitely more interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fierce lightning storm was ripping through the night sky outside the home in which Nikola Tesla was born\u00a0around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856, in what is now\u00a0Croatia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Midway through the birth, they say, the midwife nervously clinched her hands and declared the lightning a bad omen.<\/p>\n

“This child will be a child of darkness,” said the midwife.
\n\u201cNo. He will be a child of light,\u201d\u00a0Nikola Tesla’s mother replied.<\/p>\n

‘Mother knows best’ is a saying we’re all familiar with. (Who doesn’t have a few gems from their mom rolling around in their head?)<\/p>\n

Maybe you buy the wisdom of the ‘mother knows best’ saying. Maybe you don’t.<\/p>\n

But the wisdom of Nikola Tesla’s mom,\u00a0\u0110uka Tesla, was spot on, because\u00a0Nikola Tesla,<\/strong>\u00a0with<\/strong>\u00a0his inventions, fundamentally improved our civilization\u00a0<\/strong>not long after moving to the US in 1884.<\/p>\n

Case in point: Today, you are able to turn on your indoor lights (one of the nicknames historians gave to Tesla was the “Master of\u00a0Lightning”), your\u00a0computer, or charge your smartphone thanks to Nikola Tesla’s inventions.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake: Tesla didn’t invent electricity. Instead, he invented\u00a0how<\/em>\u00a0electricity can be harnessed and distributed. (Before Tesla\u00a0popularized\u00a0it, most folks weren’t even really\u00a0aware of\u00a0electricity’s existence, or its potential.)<\/p>\n

“That’s funny,” you might say, “because electricity was already here, no?”<\/p>\n

Yes: electricity was already here. But we hadn’t woken up to it. Tesla not only woke us up to it, but he also helped us put it to use.<\/p>\n

Takeaway:\u00a0Progress is available.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The question is not, “Do the things and opportunities to move your life\u00a0forward exist?” Because they do. The question is, are you ready to be woken up to them?<\/p>\n

p.s. If you’ve never heard of\u00a0Nikola Tesla, that’s\u00a0understandable. He was uber humble.\u00a0You can start learning about this\u00a0remarkable person by\u00a0Googling\u00a0him.<\/p>\n

Or, you can take our 2\u00a2 and start by reading an awesome article by the one and only Oatmeal:\u00a0Why Nikola Tesla was the\u00a0greatest\u00a0geek who ever lived<\/a>.<\/p>\n

p.s.s. If you’re a fan of Tesla cars, start\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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