"Hmm. It would help to see Dr. Tesla's drawings and calculations."
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Pynchon's fictional account of 1893 builds upon our modern love of conspiracy (and would you expect anything else from Pynchon?). Here Pynchon gives us exactly the sort of scene we imagine took place, one that takes place in fancy penthouses all over the country even today. Science and technology come up with an invention which will help people that corporations and industrialists can't earn money from. Not only will they be unable to earn money from it, it will cost them billions of dollars over time. Cars that run on water alone? Totally invented but squashed by fossil fuel companies! A cure for cancer? Anathema to pharmaceutical companies. Tesla's wireless and free world power system? Buried by the electrical cartel!
"Tesla"
Does anybody else get "Modern Day Cowboy" stuck in their head whenever they see the name Tesla?
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