> I don't think people really said that about telephone and telegraph A quick Google search will show that they did in fact say these things about the telephon

> I don't think people really said that about telephone and telegraph A quick Google search will show that they did in fact say these things about the telephone and telegraph > In 1858, People Said the Telegraph Was 'Too Fast for the Truth' https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/in-1858-people-said-the-telegraph-was-too-fast-for-the-truth/375171/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/in-18... > “The telephone is the instrument of the devil” https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/communication/how-the-telephone-changed-the-world/the-telephone-is-the-instrument-of-the-devil https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/communication/h...