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A few months ago I attended a conference where they spoke very clearly about how the automobile industry, in the early 1900's, used marketing to make roads thei
by antr 12y ago
A few months ago I attended a conference where they spoke very clearly about how the automobile industry, in the early 1900's, used marketing to make roads their own.
Here is the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHA4xN1dEkM&t=2m8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHA4xN1dEkM&t=2m8s
and this part of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyT8AUn3cuU&t=10m30s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyT8AUn3cuU&t=10m30s
- agumonkey 12y agoInteresting historical artefacts.
- Gifford 12y ago99pi did a story recently on how the auto industry fabricated the crime of "jaywalking" to get people out of the streets and seize the streets for cars.
- antr 12y agocorrect, in the above talk they mention the origins of "jaywalking". i found it fascinating.