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Fears about old things when they were new
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The Prejudice Against Typewritten Letters The article "The Typewriter in Social Correspondence" published in 1898, argues that the use of typewriters for personal correspondence will become more accepted in the future, just as the use of gummed envelopes did in the past. The writer acknowledges that some people mayβ¦
When Educators Mourned the Slide RuleThis article - written in 1984 - discusses the decline in popularity of the slide rule and its replacement by electronic calculators and computers. The article highlights the sentiment of regret among some teachers, technicians, and scientists at the slide rule's decline, as itβ¦
Pessimists Archive Newsletter: Before the AI Panicπ Breaking the Rules Concern about Chat-GPT kicked off the year with NYC School District blocking it on school computers. This brought to mind protests from teachers in the past about computers, calculators, Wikipedia and Google. The article above -
