EPISODE · Mar 7, 2019 · 48 MIN
The Scandalous Internet of the 1800s
from Build For Tomorrow · host Jason Feifer
Today's internet can be a noisy and complicated place, but humanity has seen it all before. In the 1800s, the telegraph triggered many of the same questions and concerns that social media does today — about privacy, information overload, moral corruption, and more. In this episode, travel back to see the origin of our internet-based fears... and whether those fears ever came true. Get in touch! Email. [email protected] Web: jasonfeifer.com Twitter: @heyfeifer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Today's internet can be a noisy and complicated place, but humanity has seen it all before. In the 1800s, the telegraph triggered many of the same questions and concerns that social media does today — about privacy, information overload, moral corruption, and more. In this episode, travel back to see the origin of our internet-based fears... and whether those fears ever came true. Get in touch! Email. [email protected] Web: jasonfeifer.com Twitter: @heyfeifer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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