At fourteen, Philo T. Farnsworth was plowing a field when inspiration struck: the idea that later became electronic television. By twenty-two, he built the first working model and defeated RCA in court. What does his journey say to you about where genius can come from? | Beast Mode 365

8.2K views · 463 reactions | On August 19, 1906, Philo T. Farnsworth, later a scientist and inventor who is credited as being the “father of television” and Latter-day Saint, was born near Beaver, Utah. He famously once stated, “I know that I have never invented anything. I have been a medium by which these things were given to the culture as fast as culture could earn them. I give the credit to God.” | LDS Daily | Facebook