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The 1800s Had 'Brainrot' Too!
The Oxford Dictionary just added "brainrot" as its newest official word—a tongue in cheek term for consuming too much short-form social media content.
Dec 2
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Louis Anslow
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November 2024
The 1774 Novel Blamed for Youth Suicide
The Sorrows of Young Werther was blamed for a supposed youth suicide epidemic
Nov 18
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Louis Anslow
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The 'War of the Worlds' Panic was Anti-Radio Propaganda
Radio was a new competing medium, so newspapers invented a panic to blame it for
Nov 1
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Louis Anslow
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October 2024
Einstein Blamed Automation for the Great Depression
Not even Einstein was immune from the lump of labor fallacy...
Oct 10
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Louis Anslow
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September 2024
The 1912 War on Fake Photos
Concern about deceptively edited photos feels like a very modern anxiety, yet a century ago similar worries were being litigated...
Sep 24
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Louis Anslow
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August 2024
The Eiffel Tower was Called Techno-Dystopian
The Eiffel Tower is just as iconic of France as croissants and baguettes, and equally emblematic of Paris, standing alongside landmarks like Notre-Dame…
Aug 18
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Louis Anslow
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Artists against the Eiffel Tower
Translation of a letter protesting the Eiffel Tower
Aug 18
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Louis Anslow
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July 2024
Skateboarding: from Nuisance to Olympic Sport
Skateboarding was considered a silly and childish phenomenon for much of its existence, its emergence in the late 1950s would see opposition almost…
Jul 30
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Louis Anslow
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June 2024
When the Surgeon General Warned About Pac-Man
This week U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for a ‘Warning Label on Social Media Platforms’, this…
Jun 18
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Louis Anslow
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The New York Times Banned Word Games Before Embracing Them
The following newsletter is syndicated from a 2022 BigThink.com article we wrote inspired by The New York Times acquisition of Wordle. In April it was…
Jun 10
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Louis Anslow
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May 2024
Why Steve Wozniak Dismissed PCs and Steve Jobs Didn't
In March 1976 Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak presented the design of a circuit board for an early home PC at the now legendary ‘Homebrew Computer Club…
May 6
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Louis Anslow
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April 2024
Audio: The Forgotten War on Beepers
The audio version of our latest newsletter ‘The Forgotten War on Beepers’ for premium subscribers.
Apr 10
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Louis Anslow
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