Ahead of his time
Tidsresenaren is an excellent 60 min piece about Henrik Wahlforss. I had never heard of this person before watching this documentary, but he was a swedish/finnish industrial designer/politician. He tried starting a green wave around 1970 at least 20 years before everyone else. It is almost scary to see how this unknown person was 10-20 years ahead of most people on areas as different as voice control of computers, wheelchairs and energy from windmills.
Whalforss achieved little success, as most people so far ahead of their time. He died in 2015 after ten years of serious illness. He was never a rich man but always had a loving family around him. His whole life was spent to try to get his ideas on the agenda.
Due to his lack of success, documentation of Wahlforss' life is a bit sketchy. This documentary does an excellent job with what little information there is. The 60 mins are spent rediscovering this remarkable person with the help of his surviving family, friends and some papers and video recordings.
Whalforss achieved little success, as most people so far ahead of their time. He died in 2015 after ten years of serious illness. He was never a rich man but always had a loving family around him. His whole life was spent to try to get his ideas on the agenda.
Due to his lack of success, documentation of Wahlforss' life is a bit sketchy. This documentary does an excellent job with what little information there is. The 60 mins are spent rediscovering this remarkable person with the help of his surviving family, friends and some papers and video recordings.
- ecopolst
- Jul 22, 2022