I have an XKCD bookmarked for this exact thing - with quotes as far back as 1871 about how modern life is just too hectic https://xkcd.com/1227/ https://xkcd.c

I have an XKCD bookmarked for this exact thing - with quotes as far back as 1871 about how modern life is just too hectic https://xkcd.com/1227/ https://xkcd.com/1227/ Notable quotes such as: > It is, unfortunately, one of the chief characteristics of modern business to be always in a hurry. In olden times it was different. -- The Medical Record, 1884 > If we teach the children how to play and encourage them in their sports ... instead of shutting them in badly ventilated school rooms, the next generation will be more joyous and will be healthier than the present one. -- Public Opinion: A comprehensive summary of the press throughout the world, Volume 18, 1985 > Our modern family gathering, silent around the fire, each individual with his head buried in his favourite magazine, is the somewhat natural outcome of the banishment of colloquy from the school -- The Journal of Education, Volume 29, 1907