“In the criminal justice system,” the evergreen Law & Order‘s opening credits remind us, “the people…
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How Futurists Envisioned the Future in the 1920s: Moving Walkways, Personal Helicopters, Glass-Domed Cities, Dream Recorders & More
Many of us now in adulthood first came to know the nineteen-twenties as the decade our…
The Fiske Reading Machine: The 1920s Precursor to the Kindle
The Sony Librie, the first e-reader to use a modern electronic-paper screen, came out in 2004.…
“When We All Have Pocket Telephones”: A 1920s Comic Accurately Predicts Our Cellphone-Dominated Lives
Much has been said lately about jokes that “haven’t aged well.” Sometimes it has do to…