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replace the instances of "internet" with radio and transpose back to 1910. it's just a new method of mass communication, nothing more nothing less.
by nazgulnarsil 19y ago
replace the instances of "internet" with radio and transpose back to 1910.
it's just a new method of mass communication, nothing more nothing less.
- pg 19y agonothing less Sure, but the arrival of a new method of mass communication is often a very big deal. Radio seems boring to us, but it was world-changing when it appeared.
- nazgulnarsil 19y agoundoubtedly. in addition the internet is much more important than telegraph, radio, or TV was because it takes a step in the opposite direction: decentralization. humanities tendency to continue to cluster far past the threshold of added utility is one of our biggest problems.
- jgrahamc 19y agoThe Victorian Internet is a fun book that talks about the reaction to the arrival of the telegraph and predictions about how it would bring about world peace. http://tomstandage.com/vicnet.html http://tomstandage.com/vicnet.html