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This is a huge realization I had. I was in Spain and I noticed a headline on an old magazine. So I ripped out the article.
I’ll translate the headline for ya: “That will never work!” ‘Haters’ against innovations.
It talks about the initial resistance to ideas like … the printing press, umbrellas, bicycles, cars, “el walkman.”
My favorite one was “el alumbrado en las calles,” or “Street lighting.” It quotes a German magazine from the year 1819: streetlights will “make it easier for people to be outside at night, which will result in more colds.” It also says, “aritifical light will drive away fear of the dark — which is what keeps the weak far away from sin.”
Anyway, all of these things — cars, bikes, the printing press had the effect of increasing individual autonomy and liberty. Nowadays, I think about creative innovations like cryptocurrencies, even social media for all its faults … and I wonder, how silly will the ‘haters’ of innovation look 200 years from now.
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This is a huge realization I had. I was in Spain and I noticed a headline on an old magazine. So I ripped out the article.
I’ll translate the headline for ya: “That will never work!” ‘Haters’ against innovations.
It talks about the initial resistance to ideas like … the printing press, umbrellas, bicycles, cars, “el walkman.”
My favorite one was “el alumbrado en las calles,” or “Street lighting.” It quotes a German magazine from the year 1819: streetlights will “make it easier for people to be outside at night, which will result in more colds.” It also says, “aritifical light will drive away fear of the dark — which is what keeps the weak far away from sin.”
Anyway, all of these things — cars, bikes, the printing press had the effect of increasing individual autonomy and liberty. Nowadays, I think about creative innovations like cryptocurrencies, even social media for all its faults … and I wonder, how silly will the ‘haters’ of innovation look 200 years from now.
LEARN LIBERTY:
Your resource for exploring the ideas of a free society. We tackle big questions about what makes a society free or prosperous and how we can improve the world we live in. Watch more at learnliberty.org/.
