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:2. Read the National Park Service review of Edison. <ref>https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-gifted-men-who-worked-for-edison.htm</ref> {{ct| web article }}
:2. Read the National Park Service review of Edison. <ref>https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-gifted-men-who-worked-for-edison.htm</ref> {{ct| web article }}
:2.1. {{discuss | }} There are two sides to the 'Edison story'. What motivation did the ones telling the story have?  
:2.1. {{discuss | }} There are two sides to the 'Edison story'. What motivation did the ones telling the story have?  
:2.2. {{analyze| evaluate }} Would you prefer that your life be reviewed by the press or the park service? Which has the larger audience? Which is more fair/forgiving?
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:2.3. {{analyze| evaluate }} Compare the quotes on doing good selflessly <ref>https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/21/doing-good-selfless/</ref> with the attitudes of Edison. Is a legacy still a legacy if no one knows about it?
 
:2.4. Edison said of his employees: "not the money they want, but the chance for their ambition to work."  
:2.3. {{analyze| evaluate }} Would you prefer that your life be reviewed by the press or the park service? Which has the larger audience? Which is more fair/forgiving?
::2.4.1. {{discuss| }} Is it fair that the more you like your job, the less you should get paid?
:2.4. {{discuss| }} Compare the quotes on doing good selflessly <ref>https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/21/doing-good-selfless/</ref> with the attitudes of Edison. Is a legacy still a legacy if no one knows about it?
::2.4.2. {{discuss| }} Is that Edison's trade off with his employees?
:2.5. Edison said of his employees: "not the money they want, but the chance for their ambition to work."  
::2.4.3. {{discuss| }} What else did Edison offer employees besides a job they liked?
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::2.4.4. {{analyze| evaluate }} Is there a skill or ability that you would like to learn and would take a lower pay, just to learn it?  Add to your diary.
::2.5.1. {{discuss| }} Is it fair that the more you like your job, the less you should get paid?
::2.4.5. {{analyze| evaluate }} Is there a company you would work for at a lower rate, just to be able to say you worked there? Add to your diary.
::2.5.2. {{discuss| }} Is that Edison's trade off with his employees?
:2.5. {{skim| }} "Albert Einstein – was he a thief, a liar and a plagiarist?" <ref>https://www.techcounsellor.com/2017/04/albert-einstein-plagiarist-century/</ref>
::2.5.3. {{discuss| }} What else did Edison offer employees besides a job they liked?
::2.5.4. {{analyze| evaluate }} Is there a skill or ability that you would like to learn and would take a lower pay, just to learn it?  Add to your diary.
::2.5.5. {{analyze| evaluate }} Is there a company you would work for at a lower rate, just to be able to say you worked there? Add to your diary.
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:2.6. {{skim| }} "Albert Einstein – was he a thief, a liar and a plagiarist?" <ref>https://www.techcounsellor.com/2017/04/albert-einstein-plagiarist-century/</ref>
::2.5.1. {{discuss| }} Prior art. How do you know if credit is necessary; or due?
::2.5.1. {{discuss| }} Prior art. How do you know if credit is necessary; or due?
::2.5.2. {{discuss| }} Was Einstein an inventor or theorist?
::2.5.2. {{discuss| }} Was Einstein an inventor or theorist?
::2.5.3. {{discuss| }} Do ideas deserve the same protection as invention?
::2.5.3. {{discuss| }} Do ideas deserve the same protection as invention?
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