Inventors in general have a far better chance of being commemorated than those who are simply good at business. Quite a few of the greatest technical geniuses died penniless but are still honoured. Charles Goodyear patented the vulcanised rubber process yet never profited from his innovation; Nikola Tesla saw the advantages of AC electricity before others but was a ruined man on his death; and Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press but died bankrupt. Others benefited financially from the insights of Goodyear, Teslaand Gutenberg, but those exploiters have been consigned to oblivion by history, while the real pioneers are recalled.
总体而言,与仅仅擅长经商的人相比,发明家被人们铭记的可能性要大得多。很多最伟大的技术天才在去世时一文不名,但现在仍受人尊重。查尔斯•固特异(Charles Goodyear)申请了硫化橡胶工艺专利,但从未从这一创新中获利;尼古拉•特斯拉(Nikola Tesla)先于其他人发现了交流电的好处,但去世时却倾家荡产;约翰内斯•谷登堡(Johannes Gutenberg)发明了印刷机,但死时惨遭破产。其他人从经济上受益于固特异、特斯拉和谷登堡的发明,但这些利益剥削者却被历史遗忘,而那些真正的先驱则被世人铭记。
Certain entrepreneurs are imaginative enough to forge their commercial empires into institutions that can outlive them and prosper long into the future. Perhaps this deprives their descendants of inherited wealth, but it means their life's work is more likely to endure.
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