The Diary of Thomas Edison on Vacation (1885)
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The Diary of Thomas Edison on Vacation (1885)
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#2> Mind No 1 said why not buy a box full and send to Boston now. Mind No 2 (acquired and worldly mind) gave a most withering mental glance at mind No 1 and said You fool, buy only two books, these you can carry without trouble and will last until you get to Boston.
Thinking fast and slow.
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#3> A lawsuit is the suicide of time.
Re: The Diary of Thomas Edison on Vacation (1885)
#4> Mind No 1 said why not buy a box full and send to Boston now. Mind No 2 (acquired and worldly mind) gave a most withering mental glance at mind No 1 and said You fool, buy only two books, these you can carry without trouble and will last until you get to Boston. Thinking fast and slow.
Mentioned again later on:
> For the first time in my life I have bought a pair of premeditatively tight shoes. These shoes are small and look nice. My No 2 mind (acquired mind) has succeeded in convincing my No 1 mind (primal mind or heart) that it is pure vanity, conceit and folly to suffer bodily pains that ones person may have graces the outcome of secret agony.
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#5> A lawsuit is the suicide of time.
But wasn't he very litigious in the matter of patents?
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#6Humans seem to have become quite dull.
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#7He is constantly reading and relying on literary concepts to hold his thoughts.
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#8> A lawsuit is the suicide of time.
But wasn't he very litigious in the matter of patents?
To be fair, just about everybody was back then. Personal beefs were often either the result or the cause of vicious patent fights. Depression and suicide were not unheard-of following losses in court.
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#9I'm only now realizing that many of the great minds of 18th and 19th centuries left massive amount of journals and personal correspondence, that are vast store of insight and ideas for anyone curious, besides being in the public domain.
Presently I'm reading the letters of Henry James, and they are very engrossing, and dense with observation.
Re: The Diary of Thomas Edison on Vacation (1885)
#10Edison had a winter home in Fort Myers Florida, shared with Henry Ford. Today it's a museum you can visit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_and_Ford_Winter_Estates
He experimented with about 17,000 especies of trees looking for the one with the most optimal rubber output and you can see some of those species there.