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“Fear Of Old Things When They Were New”: 27 Interesting Vintage Newspaper Clippings
Article created by: Mantas Kačerauskas
I have to admit, me and AI aren’t exactly friends. I hate the idea of artificial intelligence taking away artists’ jobs, turning all content into lifeless pieces written by computers and eliminating the need for anyone to actually use their brains. While I admit that I should probably be less skeptical of these advancements, being wary of technology is nothing new. We took a trip to the Pessimists Archive, a project that features news clippings from the past warning about the dangers of technology, and gathered some of their most fascinating posts below. So keep reading to find a conversation with Louis Anslow, the creator of the archive, and enjoy scrolling through these interesting articles from way back when!
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"Movies, radios, automobiles and popular fiction are to blame for the inability of the modern pupil to concentrate."- The Gazette, Montreal, 1926
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1927: Professor blames Jazz for decrease in bodily health after performing thousands of autopsies on mummies. Yearns for the good old days of ancient Egypt.
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"Doctors say there is no doubt that sheer fright at the sight of the masked throngs caused insanity" (1919)
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"It holds a greater danger for this country, if not handled properly, than it has ever held for any country in the history of the world" - Elko Independent, 1915
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Man yearns for the good old days of 1860 when kids didn't have info overload (1910)
“If they got back to the simplicity of fifty years ago, when books were fewer, they would find that the children would take more interest in a better class of books.”
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Data1001 8 months ago
Yeah, humans can find themselves obsessed with new things, and those same things will cause panic in others at the time -- but neither side is necessarily wrong. It is up to us to find a proper balance in our lives, and not let any one thing be all-encompassing and prevent us from enjoying a myriad of other things that life has to offer.
Data1001 8 months ago
Yeah, humans can find themselves obsessed with new things, and those same things will cause panic in others at the time -- but neither side is necessarily wrong. It is up to us to find a proper balance in our lives, and not let any one thing be all-encompassing and prevent us from enjoying a myriad of other things that life has to offer.
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