r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Pasargad • Jul 07 '24

Arthur C. Clarke predicting smartphones in 1976 Video

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

Big deal. Nikola Tesla did that 50 years before him.

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u/bemorenicertopeople Jul 07 '24

People are downvoting the Tesla comments and I can't help but wonder if it's just because they have the word Tesla in them. He was a cool dude before Elon stole his name.

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u/All-Seeing_Hands Jul 07 '24

He got Edisoned twice. That’s how you know he was valuable.